1110 Copper Ridge Lane, Ketchikan, Alaska 99901 907-225-3331
Library open Monday through Saturday, 10am - 6pm. Closed Sunday.

Friends of the Ketchikan Public Library
Who we are:
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Friends who know that our community needs and benefits from a first-rate library.
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Friends who are interested in promoting the library by improving its services, resources, and community role.
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Friends who care about libraries.
We are a volunteer group and an organized 501(c)(3) non-profit. Officers are elected at our annual meeting in April. We maintain email and mailing lists.
What we do:
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Summer Reading Club support
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Book sales
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Blueberry Arts Festival booth
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National Library Week activities
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Library Special Requests (purchases, subscriptions, activities)
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Alaska Digital Library audio- and e-books
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Teen Advisory Group support
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Visiting Authors support
The Friends hold a book sale at 319 Dock Street on the first and third Saturdays of the month, from 10am - 2pm, and accept donations of selected books and DVDs that are clean and in good repair. Click here for a link to the Friends donation policy.
Where does the money come from, and where does it go?
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Funds come from membership dues, gifts, endowments, memorials, the annual book sale, and the library book sale cart.
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Money is used for Friends’ projects and for library needs outside the regular budget allowance.
Board & Officers
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President: Tom Heutte
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Vice President: Judith McQuerry
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Secretary: Heidi Ekstrand
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Treasurer: Lisa Scarborough
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President-Emeritus: June Dahl
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Maureen Eldridge
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Jeannette Rosier
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Licha Kelley-King
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Anna Sherman
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Clair Fitzpatrick