U.S. Public Library News Roundup: 21 Stories From 16 States
Here’s a selection of public library news items from around the country. All of the stories were posted online during the past week except where noted. Our roundup from last week (18 stories/14 states) is available here.
Alabama:
Athens: Library Seeks $1M Line of Credit (via The News Courier)
California
Oakland Libraries’ Piedmont Avenue Branch Growing, Expanding at New Site (via Mercury News)
Santa Clara County: Local Libraries’ ROI Valued at 400 Percent (via Los Gatos Patch)
Note: Here are direct links to info from from SCCL Report
ROI Study-Overview ||| Executive Summary
Illinois
Ford Heights: Impoverished Suburb Has a Library District, But No Library (via Chicago Tribune)
Norridge/Harwood Heights: Now Open: Working Bakery Inside the Eisenhower Public Library
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Iowa
Kansas
Lawrence Public Library Exploring Digital Options For Readers (via Lawrence Journal-World)
Louisiana
Lafourche: Tax Swap Would Shut Libraries, Officials Say (via HoumaToday.com)
Maryland
Harford Library Director Named One of Baltimore’s Top 25 Female CEOs (via Baltimore Sun)
Massachusetts
New East Boston Branch Library to open in November (via Boston Globe)
Michigan
Detroit Public Schools Emergency Manager Has Control Over Library Commission (via Detroit News)
Flint Library Cuts Staff, Still $275K in the Hole (via M-Live)
New Jersey
Age-Appropriate Transformation Planned for Warren Library Teen Space (via MyCentralNewJersey.com)
Groundwork for West Milford’s New Library is Out to Bid (via NorthJersey.com)
North Carolina
Sherrills Ford Library Construction Begins (via Charlotte Observer)
Forsyth County: Commissioners Debate the Role of Public Input on Libraries (via Winston Salem-Journal)
North Dakota
Jamestown: Library’s 2014 budget OK’d; Deficit Spending for Capital Campaign
Ohio
Belmont County: Library District Formed (Times Leader)
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Utah
New, Larger Kaysville Library Expected in Two Years (via The Davis Clipper)
Thanks to Matt Weaver for his assistance in preparing this roundup.
Filed under: Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Roundup
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. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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