For the first time since May of 2021, the Anchorage Public Library has a confirmed director. “We’ve been waiting for you for 18 months and I’m so glad you’re here,” said Assembly member Chris Constant.
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She said if staffing levels return to normal and security is in place, she wants to reopen the library on Sundays next year. “No librarian ever wants to censor or ban books,” she said. “So if there ever was a challenge to a book, we have a committee that looks into that challenge and considers it very carefully. We have a collection development policy that states very specifically the steps that we would go through, and we follow our policy. On the very rare occasions that we have removed a book from the collection, again, it’s a long thought process before we do that.
Assembly Vice Chair Chris Constant asked McClure what her philosophy is for safely managing the physical library spaces for everyone – from kids to people with mental illness.
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