The Seattle Public Libraryâs celebrated chief librarian is about to leave a big hole in the community.
Marcellus Turner has served the library for a decade, earning accolades for expanding technology and digital services, especially during the pandemic.
He s leaving Seattle to take over duties at the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library in North Carolina next month. But first, he s reflecting on the time he s spent working to improve his library system s 27 branches. We ve been working on being the most socially conscious library and equity-based library since I ve been here, he said.
Turner hopes his legacy is one of equity for all library visitors; his tenure brought an end to library fines that once barred people from accessing books and services, and he successfully led two successful levy campaigns.
The Seattle Public Libraryâs celebrated chief librarian is about to leave a big hole in the community.
Marcellus Turner has served the library for a decade, earning accolades for expanding technology and digital services, especially during the pandemic.
He s leaving Seattle to take over duties at the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library in North Carolina next month. But first, he s reflecting on the time he s spent working to improve his library system s 27 branches. We ve been working on being the most socially conscious library and equity-based library since I ve been here, he said.
Turner hopes his legacy is one of equity for all library visitors; his tenure brought an end to library fines that once barred people from accessing books and services, and he successfully led two successful levy campaigns.