State Librarian

Melody Sky Weaver was appointed as Washington State Librarian on October 1, 2026, after serving as the City of Port Townsend’s first Community Services Director, overseeing parks, library, facilities, art with a focus on services to youth. She has a Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Washington, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in sculpture and postmodern visual culture from Boise State University.

She has been a public library professional for nearly 20 years, and the last ten years served as the Port Townsend Public Library’s Director of a 113-year-old Carnegie Library.  She previously worked as a public arts professional and librarian in Boise, Idaho. In Idaho, she was awarded the prestigious Idaho Woman Making History award for her community minded artwork. She was honored as one of Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal’s 40 Under Forty in 2012 for her work with community building in her position at the Kitsap Regional Library and graduated from Leadership Kitsap in 2013. Then she ran for Poulsbo City Council in 2013 and knocked on over 1,000 doors.

In 2018, she and the Carnegie Library were featured in the New York Times in the article “Twelve Authors Write About the Libraries They Love” by Annie Proulx. In 2019, she was awarded the President’s Distinguished Service Award from the Pacific Northwest Library Association for analyzing the benefits of LEADS and recommending future actions for the leadership program. In 2023 she graduated from the Northwest Women’s Leadership Academy, a competitive leadership program for women in government.

Melody is passionate about access and equity to public institutions such as public libraries, museums, and parks and works to foster environments that support lifelong learning. She loves hiking in the Olympics with her husband and their dogs Gryfin and Rogue (who look like Bluey and Bingo!), creating art, learning to garden and plant trees, advocating for positive servant leadership and the power social infrastructure, and third spaces. She loves to help others look on the bright side and find a sense of wonder and joy. One of her all-time favorite books is A Wrinkle in Time.