Tag Archives: Katie Baxter

Kodiak Public Library. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kodiak Public Library has a new director. Laurie Madsen officially came on board Wednesday, July 25. “I love the space. It’s open and wonderful and the environment is one of people being inquisitive, finding new resources, asking questions.” Madsen worked for the Kodiak Island Borough School District for 25 …

After serving as the Kodiak Public Library’s Director for five years, Katie Baxter has left the position . (Photo from KMXT’s archives.) Mitch Borden/KMXT The Kodiak Public Library has been managed by Katie Baxter for the past five years until the City of Kodiak put her on administrative leave at the end of March. Recently, the decision on whether Baxter would …

Katie Baxter, director of Kodiak Public Library was recently put on administrative leave. (Photo from KMXT’s archives.) Mitch Borden/KMXT Earlier this week, Katie Baxter, the director of the Kodiak Public Library was put on administrative leave. The City of Kodiak will not comment on its reasons for taking this action, but as KMXT reports some who have worked with Baxter say …

The Kodiak Public Library. (Courtesy of the City of Kodiak) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The local library is making it easier for people to research their genealogy. Starting this month, the Kodiak Public Library Association is sponsoring a year-long subscription to Ancestry [dot] com. The website provides access to a number of resources, including immigration and church records. Library director Katie Baxter …

On today’s Talk of the Rock, host Kayla Desroches chats with the organizers of an upcoming Scandinavian culture festival. Joining are Katie Baxter from the Kodiak Public Library, filmmaker Stefan Quinth, and Kodiak community members Mike Rostad and Jim Dillard.

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Public Library was just accepted into a program geared toward youth in rural areas. The Future Ready with the Library project will help middle schoolers with college and career readiness and begin with 20 different librarians. The project’s organizing agencies are the Young Adult Library Services Association and the Association for Rural and Small Libraries, and …