Fired Arkansas Director to Run for Local Seat.
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| Title: | Fired Arkansas Director to Run for Local Seat. |
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| Authors: | Peet, Lisa |
| Source: | Library Journal. Jan2024, Vol. 149 Issue 1, p7-10. 4p. 1 Color Photograph. |
| Subject Terms: | *Women library administrators, *Public libraries, Library directors, Dismissal of public officers |
| Geographic Terms: | Saline County (Ark.) |
| Abstract: | The article features Patty Hector, former director of the Saline County Library (SCL) in Benton, Arkansas who was fired on October 9, 2023. Topics include harassment campaign by local politically conservative groups targeting Hector in the months leading up to her firing, reason for the change to library governance policy, granting County Judge Matt Brumley control over the library's staff, and the decision of Hector to run as the Democratic candidate for the District 13 Quorum Court seat. |
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| Abstract: | The article features Patty Hector, former director of the Saline County Library (SCL) in Benton, Arkansas who was fired on October 9, 2023. Topics include harassment campaign by local politically conservative groups targeting Hector in the months leading up to her firing, reason for the change to library governance policy, granting County Judge Matt Brumley control over the library's staff, and the decision of Hector to run as the Democratic candidate for the District 13 Quorum Court seat. |
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| ISSN: | 03630277 |
