Public Library News Roundup: 28 Stories From 16 States and 2 Provinces
Here’s a selection of recent public library news reports from around the U.S. and Canada since we shared our last roundup two weeks ago.
Alabama
Gardendale library seeks funding for new books, additional employees (via AL.com)
Alberta
Edmonton Public Library Extends Outreach Workers Project
British Columbia
Vernon: Possibly library cuts a concern (via The Morning Star)
California
Statewide: Brown’s Library Web Plan May Not Work, California Analyst Says (via Bloomberg Businessweek/Bloomberg News)
Merced: Four library branches to close in Merced County (via McClatchy)
Monterey County library foundation gets $100,000 grant (via KION)
Santa Clara Library District Begins to Provide Access to Episodic Fiction From JukePop’s Self-Published Authors
South Lake Tahoe: Library tax measure on June ballot
Connecticut
Pequot Library officials lobby for $350K in town funding (via Fairfield Citizen)
Florida
3 hurt as hawks dive-bomb Port Orange library patrons (via Daytona Beach News Journal)
Idaho
City of Boise Looks to Fund Options for Main Library Redesign (via Boise Weekly)
Bonners Ferry: $8 million library bond, $100K levy on May ballot (via Bonners Ferry Herald)
Illinois
Chicago Public Library Increases Broadband Access Through its Innovative “Hotspot at Home” Program; lending service will also include laptops and digital skills training (via Librarian by Day)
Naperville: Idea Lab opens at 95th Street Library (via Naperville Sun)
Indiana
Budget trumps preservation in library renovation (via ABC Chicago/WLS)
Kansas
Lawrence Public Library slated to move to new location in July (via Journal-World)
Massachusetts
Plainville Library offering email printing service (via WickedLocal.com)
Springfield library officials hope for increased state aid, but pleased to have $204,233 this year (via MassLive/The Republican)
Michigan
Ann Arbor: Downtown library patrons brush off safety concerns after director raises drug worries (via MLive.com)
Funding cuts force Wayne library to reduce hours of operation (via HometownLife.com)
Missouri
Kansas City Public Library Will Launch a Mobile Digital Lab Next Month
Nebraska
New Jersey
Red Bank library, officials fail to reach agreement on budget (via Asbury Park Press)
New York
Buffalo: Riding the Library Funding Wave (via Buffalo News)
Queens library head Thomas Galante put in nearly 30 hours a week for $114K moonlighting gig (via NY Post)
Pennsylvania
City library plans $8.5 million campaign to renovate, expand facility (via Lancaster Online)
Wisconsin
Appleton Library Unveils Future Site Plans (via WBAY)
La Crosse students hold ‘sit-in read-a-thon’ to save library (via WKBT)
Many thanks to Matt Weaver for his help in preparing this news roundup.
Filed under: Funding, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Preservation, Public Libraries, Reports, 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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