After an opening announcement that former library director Jeff Scott had resigned after 10 years on the job, even though he still appears on the system's website, the main event of the Library Board of Trustees Wednesday night meeting became the public comment section.
The second speaker Valerie Wade blasted the board for siding with what she qualified as bigotry. Scott has been under fire from right wing protesters for years now, with attention initially focused against him during the previously held drag queen story hours. Scott had recently received low effectiveness ratings from current library board members, with lots of new arrivals giving him bad evaluations. A possible dismissal was in the cards prior to the preemptive resignation.
Scott began his career over 20 years ago at the Arizona Historical Foundation, followed by library director positions for Casa Grande, Arizona, Tulare County, and Berkeley, California.
Scott was always open to partnerships with the community including with Our Town Reno which held Share Your Story sessions at the downtown library with community residents during several years preceding the pandemic.
