Monthly archives for March, 2010
Galante: Library Faced With 'Dev...
Galante: Library Faced With 'Devastating' Budget CutsWestern Queens GazetteThomas Galante testified before the Select Committee on Libraries jointly with the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries, …Keep Libraries Open So Borough Can ThriveWestern Queens Gazetteall 2 news articles »
Library board reverses course, won&ap...
Creative Loafing (blog)
Library board reverses course, won't close branches next weekDavidsonNews.netCharlotte Mecklenburg Library Board of Trustees voted Wednesday to scrap plans to close 12 libraries and lay off 148 employees. In a special meeting at the …Check it out: All Charlotte-area library branches to stay openBizjourna [...]
Public Library Will Add Service Fee F...
WMFD.com
Public Library Will Add Service Fee For Accumulated FinesWMFD.comThe Mansfield-Richland County Public Library Board of Trustees Tuesday approved adding a $15 service fee to be applied to patrons who have fines of more …and more »
Planning Board Approves New Library; ...
Town Topics
Planning Board Approves New Library; Seminary to Tear Down Speer BuildingTown TopicsAn 1843 deed restriction on the land apportions the seminary's use of the area that Speer Library occupies specifically for a library “and for other …and more »
RFID speeds checkout and increases se...
RFID speeds checkout and increases security at libraryRFID NewsPatrons at Madison Public Library in Huntsville, Alabama now spend less time waiting to checkout books and other items, thanks to an RFID-enabled self …and more »
8 bands to rock Pasco Library System&...
8 bands to rock Pasco Library System's Rockus MaximusTampa TribuneSHADY HILLS – Pasco County Library System officials are hoping that Rockus Maximus XIII will be the hottest ticket in …and more »
Help with census forms available at l...
Help with census forms available at libraryWoburn AdvocateBy Anonymous The Woburn Public Library is working with the US Census Bureau this year by providing space for a “Questionnaire Assistance Center” or QAC. …Help centers for Census takers openJournal Gazette and Times-Courierall 17 news articles »
LA city libraries face shorter hours ...
Los Angeles Times
LA city libraries face shorter hours and Sunday closuresLos Angeles TimesThe Board of Library Commissioners will consider the new schedules because 8% of the department's jobs are vacant, and more than 100 library employees are …Library can have a huge economic impact on cityDelmarva NowAs library funds dwindl [...]
Residents urge officials to keep scho...
Globe and Mail
Residents urge officials to keep school, library budgets intactStamford TimesSTAMFORD — Dozens of residents passionate about keeping the proposed education, library and social services budgets intact voiced their …Preliminary budget calls for 3.89 percent tax increaseNorthJersey.comall 195 news articles &ra [...]
Editorial: Bidding for Obama's l...
Editorial: Bidding for Obama's libraryScripps NewsEven before his inauguration, there was discussion about where Barack Obama should put his presidential library, although a final decision on that happy …and more »