infoDOCKET’s Public Library News Roundup (25 Stories from Around the U.S.)
Here’s a small curated collection of public library news items from around the U.S.
All of the following stories were published in the past 10 days. We hope you find it useful. Thanks to Matt Weaver for his assistance.
Alaska
E-Reader Disappearances Put Stop to Palmer Library Lending (via Anchorage Daily News)
California
Colorado
Public Libraries: Library21c Grand Opening Takes Place in Colorado Springs (Video)
Florida
Plans for SPC-Clearwater library alive (via TBNWeekly.com)
Statham library patrons to approach county about funding (via Barrow County News)
Illinois
Galesburg: Library final design nearly complete (via Galesburg.com)
Park Ridge library ready to advocate for referendum (via Park Ridge Herald-Advocate)
Kansas
Take a peek inside soon-to-open expanded Lawrence Public Library (via Lawrence Journal-World)
Topeka Library defers CEO evaluation timeline (via CJOnline.com)
Michigan
Port Huron: Callers rail against the library tax (via TheTimesHerald.com)
Kalamazoo: Man with gun at Kalamazoo library event raises open-carry concerns (via MLive.com)
Mississippi
Bay St. Louis requests that Hancock County take over funding of library system (via SunHerald.com)
Missouri
Springfield-Greene County Library budget to top $20 million (via KSPR/KY3)
Webster Groves: Public Library To Cut Staff To Cover Expenses (via Webster-Kirkwood Times)
New York
Corning library’s $786K funding question to go before voters this fall (via StarGazette.net)
Potsdam: Libraries Balancing Budgets with Changing Needs (via TWCN.com, Central New York)
North Carolina
Video: Winterville Budget Cuts Library Funding In 3 Months (via WITN)
Ohio
Euclid Library putting levy on November ballot (via News-Herald.com)
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Chartiers-Houston schools raise taxes, cut library funding (via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Cumberland County: Libraries at a loss? System struggles from drop in out-of-county use revenues (via The Sentinel)
Washington: Trinity adopts 2014-15 budget, cuts library funding (Observer-Reporter.com)
Tennessee
Nashville: Metro Archives moving to downtown library (via The Tennesseean)
Virginia
Eastern Shore Public Library withdraws funding request (via DelmarvaNow.com)
Washington
Seattle Central Library Gives World Cup Fans A Place To Cheer (via Seattle Weekly)
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.