Public Library News Roundup (14 Stories From Around the U.S.)
Here’a a new infoDOCKET roundup with a compilation of what we hope are interesting/informative reports about a few public libraries around the U.S. All of these items were published online in the past two weeks.
Alabama
Athens library employee charged with stealing funds (via WAAY)
Colorado
Durango: How much is a library worth? (via The Durango Herald)
Connecticut
Hartford Library Gets $4 Million Paintings (via Fox Connecticut)
Florida
In Miami-Dade, a dispute on how far to look for a library director (via Miami Herald)
Illinois
Union At Quincy Public Library Votes To Strike (via WIUS)
Michigan
Ann Arbor District Library Launches New Collection of Art Tools
Otsego Library warns residents of fundraising scam via MLive)
North Carolina
New York
Utica: Library representatives weigh in on funding allotted by 2015 budget (via WKTV)
Ohio
Columbus: Not Your Mothers Library (via The Atlantic)
Oklahoma
Norman: More Than Books [Plans for Two New Public Libraries] (via The Norman Transcript)
Oregon
Beaverton library innovations set example for federal energy savings program (via Portland Tribune)
Tennessee
Chattanooga Public Library board to vote on adopting city policies for employees (via Times Free Press)
Wisconsin
Racine: Library survey shows how the community uses its computers (The Journal Times)
A Special Shoutout to LJ’s Lisa Peet for her help assembling this post.
Filed under: Funding, Libraries, News, 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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