Monthly archives for January, 2011
Hours will be cut at libraries –...
Hours will be cut at librariesSwindon AdvertiserOPENING hours at Wiltshire's libraries are to be reduced as part of cuts by Wiltshire Council. Apart from Wootton Bassett library, which will see its hours …Plea for volunteers to keep Wiltshire's libraries openBBC NewsWiltshire libraries' hours to be reducedWiltshire T [...]
Parma council moves closer to land sw...
Parma council moves closer to land swap with Cuyahoga County Public LibrarySun Star Courier (blog)PARMA The city has taken another step toward construction of a new library on West Ridgewood Drive. On Tuesday, City Council …and more »
A look at DC's new library branc...
A look at DC's new library branchesWashington PostThe District's chief librarian, Ginnie Cooper, says there was no concerted effort to make the four libraries built in the past two years …and more »
Book weeding, changes stir debate at ...
Buffalo News
Book weeding, changes stir debate at Central LibraryBuffalo NewsLibrarians say the Central Library is moving away from its commitment as a research library, hastily discarding thousands of books and …and more »
Greenwich Library taken over by stude...
Greenwich Library taken over by students during exam weekGreenwich TimeJustin Cedeno, 15, a Brunswick School sophomore, studies for his math and English mid-terms exams at Greenwich Library, Thursday afternoon, Jan. 20, 2011. …and more »
Armstrong County libraries chilled by...
Armstrong County libraries chilled by budget cutsLeader TimesIt's a little chillier than normal in Kittanning Public Library
Isle of Wight library protesters plan...
Isle of Wight library protesters plan 'mass borrow'BBC NewsLibrary members are being urged to take out their full allowance of 30 books at Newport's library on Saturday. The borrowing protest is aimed at …and more »
Brown's Resignation Adds to Unce...
DavidsonNews.net
Brown's Resignation Adds to Uncertainty at Charlotte Mecklenburg LibraryLibrary JournalThe Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, NC, the 1995 Gale/LJ Library of the Year, has had a tumultuous and stress-filled year, …Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library Director ResignsWFAE.orgLibrary board asks Meck commissioners for more m [...]
Walnut Creek Library Foundation forks...
Walnut Creek Library Foundation forks over final $1 millionSan Jose Mercury NewsWALNUT CREEK — While the new downtown library may have opened in July, the city received the final $1 million payment for it Tuesday …and more »
The Library's Extremely Useful P...
New York Times
The Library's Extremely Useful PredecessorNew York TimesSix years later it was gone, to be replaced by the New York Public Library's main branch. By CHRISTOPHER GRAY AS its dingy marble facade is cleaned and …and more »