Monthly archives for June, 2011
Library of the Year 2011: King County...
Library of the Year 2011: King County Library SystemPatch.comKCLS serves all 1318745 people who live in King County who visited libraries in the system 10199150 times last year. More than 100000 new library cards were issued in 2010. Despite early frustrations with the new system (most of those have been worked …King County Library [...]
Massachusetts Mayor: Library Service ...
Massachusetts Mayor: Library Service Is Essential after TornadoAmerican LibrariesAmerican Libraries received an email from Springfield (Mass.) Public Libraries Director Molly Fogarty June 3 about the aftermath of a tornado that devastated several neighborhoods there June 1. The storm killed several people, …and more »
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Sikhs Donate Materials To Queens Libr...
Sikhs Donate Materials To Queens Libraries, Improving Public RelationsWestern Queens GazetteOn May 20, local Sikh leaders donated books, DVDs and pamphlets to Queens libraries in an ongoing campaign to increase awareness of Sikh culture, history and religion. Community activist and the leader of the Sikh awareness project, Jagir Singh Ba [...]
City Hall Rally To Stop Library Cuts ...
Capital New York
City Hall Rally To Stop Library Cuts Draws HundredsWestern Queens GazetteLeading the rally was Councilmember and Chairman of the Council Committee on Cultural Affairs and Libraries Jimmy Van Bramer. Speakers included the following Councilmembers: Chairman of the Council Subcommittee on Libraries Vincent Gentile, …Th [...]
Ravenstahl v libraries continues R...
Ravenstahl v libraries continuesPittsburgh Post GazetteThe battle continues between the Ravenstahl administration and the Carnegie Libraries of Pittsburgh. The latest is over a new property tax proposal. The mayor has long tangled with the library system over funding the libraries say they need to keep all …and more »
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NY Legislature passes Academic Resear...
NY Legislature passes Academic Research Information Access ActPenfield PostBy Staff reports The New York State Legislature has given final passage to legislation that would enable public and private academic and research libraries in New York State to pool financial resources and electronic materials. …and more »
Balancing the books – The Star-...
The Star-Ledger – NJ.com (blog)
Balancing the booksThe Star-Ledger – NJ.com (blog)Many local libraries are facing closure due to state budget cuts. Checking out your own groceries at the supermarket can save you time. And in a public library, checking out your own books can save us money. Here's how it works: One libraria [...]
Suffolk: Public to have say on future...
East Anglian Daily Times
Suffolk: Public to have say on future of librariesEast Anglian Daily TimesIt will then question the county council's portfolio holder responsible for the libraries review, Judy Terry, on the direction the council is taking. The committee will also be seeking to find out how responses to the consultation will [...]
Too many computers in libraries, says...
Telegraph.co.uk
Too many computers in libraries, says new Children's LaureateHerald ScotlandThe new Children's Laureate for the UK
College Savings Plan teams with libra...
College Savings Plan teams with libraries for summer readingOregonLive.comThe Oregon College Savings Plan is partnering with the Oregon State Library and the Oregon Library Association on