U.S. Public Library News Week in Review: 21 Stories from 16 States (Roundup)

Here’s our latest weekly roundup  featuring a selection of news items about public libraries from around the country.
All of the stories were published in the past week.
Our roundup from last week (19 stories/15 states) is available here.

Arkansas

• Fayetteville Library Board Celebrates Potential Sale (via NWA Online)

California

• Video: New Santa Clara Library Built, Stuck in Legal Limbo (via NBC Bay Area)

• Santa Clara Residents Fight to Open Library (via Mercury News)

• San Francisco: Library Commission Denies Request for Visuals at Public Comment (via SF Chronicle)

Illinois

• Elmwood Park:  New Elmwood Park Library Director Wants Greater Community Impact (via Elm Leaves)

• Morris Library Director Resign (via Morris Daily Herald)
  Note: This resignation comes a week after library board decided to cut assistant director position.

• Morton Grove Library Lawyer Scolds Trustees for Teen Employee’s Removal (via Morton Grove Champion)

Indiana

• Vincennes: Library Renovation Delayed Until Next Year (via Sun -Commercial)

Iowa

• Video: Will Return of Main Cedar Rapids Downtown Library Draw Many Patrons Away from Other Libraries? (KCRG)

Kentucky

• Boyd County Library Board Approves Tax Rate Decrease (via WSAZ)

Louisiana

• Iberia Parish: Library puts up fight against possible funding cuts (via KATC)

Tennessee

• McMinn County: Calhoun Loses Almost 60% of Funding for Its Library (via The Daily Post-Athenian)

Maine

• Kittery’s Rice Library to Celebrate 125th Milestone (via SeacoastOnline.com)

New Jersey

• Haworth Library Board Set to Begin Negotiations on Expansion Project (via NorthJersey.com)

New York

• Irondequoit Library Plan May Need Second Vote (via Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)

Pennsylvania

• Cranberry Public Library Reopening with Improvements (via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Rhode Island

• Library Will Call in Collection Agency (via The Valley Breeze)

South Carolina

• Campaign Pros to Help with Richland Library Referendum (via The State)

Virignia

• Accomack County: Library Seeks $6M for New Building, But Gets Not One Penny For It

• Roanoke County: Roanoke County Unveils Plans for New Branch Library (via The Roanoke Star)

Washington

• Down By the River, a Fight Over the Fate of the Renton Library (via Seattle Times)

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