Friends of the Ketchikan Public Library

Who we are:

• Friends who know that our community needs and benefits from a first-rate library. 

• Friends who are interested in promoting the library by improving its services, resources, and community role.

• 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:

• Summer Reading Club support

• Book sales

• Blueberry Arts Festival booth

• National Library Week activities

• Library Special Requests (purchases, subscriptions, activities)

• Alaska Digital Library audio- and e-books

• Teen Advisory Group support

• 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.

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Where does the money come from, and where does it go?

• Funds come from membership dues, gifts, endowments, memorials, the annual book sale, and the library book sale cart.

• Money is used for Friends’ projects and for library needs outside the regular budget allowance.

Board & Officers

• President: Tom Heutte

• Vice President: Judith McQuerry

• Secretary: Heidi Ekstrand

• Treasurer: Lisa Scarborough

• President-Emeritus: June Dahl

• Maureen Eldridge

• Jeannette Rosier

• Licha Kelley-King

• Anna Sherman

• Clair Fitzpatrick