City of Iqaluit; Image Source: publiclibraries.nu.ca
The Iqaluit public library has been closed for more than five weeks and according to the Government of Nunavut, which operates the facility, it will be closed for at least six weeks longer.
The Iqaluit Centennial Library first closed its doors on Oct. 18.
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Ron Knowling, the library services manager for the territory, confirmed the closure is due to staffing issues after the previous librarian retired. A new librarian is expected to start work in January, but Knowling said the government has had trouble finding someone qualified to operate the library in the interim.
He said not just anyone can run the facility as the job requires technical knowledge.
“We’re working as hard as we can to get the library open as quickly as possible,” he said.
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area.
He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit.
Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
