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City Librarian

Karen Kresh holds a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a BA in Biology from Grinnell College. In her first library job, from 2001-2004, she ran the tiny public library in her home town of Healy, Alaska. From 2004-2014, she worked as a Children's Librarian for the King County Library System in Washington State.

Karen fell in love with Unalaska the very first time she flew to the island (after a 3-day weather delay), and she has lived here since November 2014. She volunteers locally with USAFV and Unalaska Community Broadcasting. Karen has loved libraries all her life, and she especially enjoys story time and seeing new books come in. She loves to read all types of books, but her favorites are fairy tales, horror, science fiction, and classics. She would love to hear about the latest book you read.

Karen may be reached by calling the library at (907) 581-5060 or by email at [email protected]