Contact and Site Map

Contact Information & Stite Map Our physical address: John Trigg Ester Library The library is located at 3618 Main Street, on the village square. Hours are 9 am to 9 pm, Monday through Sunday. See Google map. Our new building will be nearby, at 474 Village Road. For information about the library, please see our FAQ page, or view the list of pages below. JTEL office: The library office is in separate quarters from the actual library: Studio #8, the Annex 2922 Parks Highway Fairbanks (Ester Industrial Zone, near the cut down into the Berry area) Entrance at the right-hand end of the building, go upstairs; our door is the second one on the right after you turn the corner at the top of the stairs. See Google map. Contact the Librarians: Board members: Ken Bluhm (alternate): 978-8089. Term ends 2012. Greta Burkart (board & membership development): 452-0518, greta.burkart@gmail.com. Term ends 2012. Grants & Fundraising Committee member. Nancy Burnham (treasurer & gazebo scheduling contact): 457-6668. Term ends 2013. Roy Earnest (fundraising): 455-7445, radroy@yahoo.com. Term ends 2012. Grants & Fundraising Committee member. Melinda Harris: (vice president) phone: 455-4359 home/907-378-6744 cell, e-mail: melindaharris@gci.net. Term ends 2012. Monique Musick (president): 388-4784, momusick@hotmailcom. Term ends 2013. Grants & Fundraising Committee chair. Jan Ohmstede (secretary): 479-3823, jano@alaska.net. Term ends 2013. Molly Rettig (marketing). Term ends 2013. Trey Simmons (alternate): 388-6338, pacotrey [at] gmail.com. Term ends 2013. library@esterrepublic.com to contact the full board, please e-mail board @ esterlibrary.org Board member biographies and information about serving on the JTEL board of directors Our mailing address: John Trigg Ester Library PO Box 468 Ester, AK 99725 For more information about the John Trigg Ester Library, please see the following pages: About John Trigg Frequently Asked Questions Organization Chart Why We Need a Library in Ester History of the Ester Library Philosophy of the Ester Library Online catalogue of items in the library (external site) Collections Development Policy Membership Membership Policy Privacy Policy Committees Construction Committee Events & Programs Committee Finance Committee Grants & Fundraising Committee Donations & Volunteering Library Fundraising Grants & Fundraising Committee In-kind donation form Programs Lecture Series Seed Library: Growing Ester's Biodiversity GEB book & film list seed-related resources sister seed libraries Business Office The Gazebo About Ida Lane Gazebo construction Gazebo windows Building Design Construction Committee site plan and property floor plans elevations section views Bylaws Board of Directors Board member biographies Board duties & conduct Board meeting packet submission schedule Meetings & Minutes Policies and Planning Documents overview Annual plan: 2011, 2012 draft Board conduct, roles & responsibilities Business Plan Collections development Goals & Objectives Marketing Plan Membership Privacy policy Procurement policy Program & activities development plan & policy Program proposals: Seed Library Program: Growing Ester's Biodiversity (submitted 6.28.2011) The library has a news & events blog. The library also has a Facebook page for itself and one for the GEB program, as well as three Facebook event groups, for the Lallapalooza and Book Bash, the LiBerry Music Festival, and for Readers on the Run. For information on fundraisers and events, please see the Friends of the John Trigg Ester Library website. For more on libraries, literacy organizations, and writers' groups in Alaska and particularly the Tanana Valley, please see our Library Links page.

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