The John Trigg Ester Library

About the Library

The John Trigg Ester library is a community membership library. Membership is $5 a year. Check out our handy online catalog to see what titles we have.

Library News

News, events, announcements, and new titles are featured on the JTEL blog. The library has an active Facebook page as well. See also the library lecture series for upcoming speakers.

Regular meetings of the Ester library board are held on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 7 pm at Hartung Hall. The next meeting is September 8. These meetings are open to the membership and interested parties.

Where to Find the Library

The library is located off the village square in downtown Ester, Alaska, in the lower level of Frank's house, a red-and-white barnish building next to the log castle (you'll see what we mean when you get to the village square). The library is open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Sunday. Please contact the librarians if you have questions.

History

Philosophy of the Ester library

Donate to the Library

We're asking people to hold off on bringing more books to the library, as we don't have room for all the ones we have now! We should have more space by winter 2010 (we hope), so please, just hang on to them for a little while longer.

Land & building planning

The new library building will be built along Village Road, Meeting minutes on its design are available for review; new floor plans have been submitted as part of a packet to the fire marshal. The library gazebo was recently completed and dedicated on August 1 as the Ida Lane Clausen Gazebo.

One aspect of a modern library that is very important is high-speed internet access, which, as Ester residents know, is in short supply here in the Ester Fire Service District. Contact ACS if you want DSL or T-1 access, and let them know that there is demand, that you want it for the library too, and that there will be increased demand as time goes by.

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