Public Library News Roundup (44 Items From Around the U.S and Canada)

What follows below is a selection of 44 public library news items from around the U.S. and Canada that were published throughout February and during the first three days of March 2015. An overwhelming majority of these items have not been shared on infoDOCKET to this point.
We hope you find at least a few of these items interesting and useful.
Alberta

Security Staff Triples at Calgary’s Central Library

Arizona
Phoenix Libraries Chasing Vanishing Readers Online
Arkansas
Fayetteville Library Committee Nears Plan for More Revenue (via Arkansas Online)
Fort Smith Library Foot Traffic Down, Digital Downloads Up (via Times Record)
California

Berkeley’s West Branch First ‘Net Zero’ Library in the State (via Berkeleyside)

Monterey County: Two Library ‘Branchlets’ Open in Castroville (The Californian)

Palo Alto: Library Foundation to Fold (via Daily News/San Jose Mercury News)

Palo Alto Branch Reopens with New Name, New Features (via Palo Alto Online)

Connecticut
New Cannan: Plan calls for new library building (via New Canaan Advertiser)
Trumbull: Owner Of Controversial Painting Speaks Out on Its Removal (via Trumball Times)
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Weston Library Set For Major Renovation Project (via Weston Easton Daily Voice)
Florida
Jacksonville Libraries Shouldn’t Expect Help From Mayoral Winner (via Florida Times-Union)
Lake [County] Proposes ‘Status Quo’ Library Budget (via Orlando Sentinel)
Idaho
Meridian Library First Public Library In Nation To Use New Technology (via KIVI)
Illinois
Crystal Lake: Library Books Remain Relevant to Readers in Digital World (via NW Herald)
Elgin: Roku Available at Gail Borden Library (via The Daily Herald)
Indiana

Statewide: Libraries Cheer Restored Funding for Inspire Database (via Chicago Tribune)

Muncie: Library restores some previously cut hours (via The Star Press)

Kansas
Statewide: State Library lends Wi-Fi hotspot devices to patrons (via Topeka Capital Journal)
Library in Johnson County kicks off major renovations (via Fox4KC.com)
Kentucky

New Statistics Released: Kentucky’s Public Libraries Saw “Unprecedented” Use During 2014

Louisiana

Video: New Orleans Public Library Hopes to Avert Financial Crisis

Maryland
Takoma Park Considers Library Updates  (via The Sentinel)
Michigan

Berkley, Not Berkeley? Library Scores Misspelled Buttons

Muskegon: Storyville Library Project gets $50K for construction from Consumers Energy (via MLive.com)

Nebraska

Omaha: Executive Director Named for All-Digital Library Coming on Old Borders Bookstore (via Omaha World-Herald)

New Hampshire
Libraries, town halls added to NH State Register of Historic Places (via NH Dept. of Cultural Resources)
New Jersey
Reopening Eyed for Hillside Library, Shuttered Since 2013 Flood (via NJ.com)
Trenton Public Library Opens a Library “Outpost” at Area YMCA (via NBC Philadelphia)
New York
Queens Library President Reports Capital Funding Needs (via The Forum)
North Carolina
Library Hopes For A Police Presence (Mooresville Tribune)
Ohio

Grand Opening of Cleveland Digital Public Library (ClevDPL)

Way Public Library Doubles Daily Fine For Overdue Items (via The Blade)

Ontario

Guelph’s Main Library is Straining at the Seams (via Guelph Mercury)

Ottawa: Library Already Warns About Deficit in 2015 (via Ottawa Sun)

A Series of Illustrations Featuring Every Single Branch of the Toronto Public Library (via Laughing Squid)

Windsor Libraries CEO and Police Investigate After Reports of Live Internet Sex Shows Hosted From Two Branches (via National Post)

Pennsylvania
Little Help For Libraries in Gov. Wolf’s Budget Plan (via PennLive.com)
Texas

Founder of Bexar BiblioTech All-Digital Public Library Publishes Book (Video Interview)

Utah
Salt Lake City: Librarians Visit Low-Income Children In SLC to Promote Literacy (via KSL)
West Virginia
Keyser: Library Again Facing Deficit In Funding; Asks Commissioners for Help (Mineral News Daily-Tribune)
Wisconsin
Door County: Library’s Proactive Approach Gets Books Back Faster (Door County Daily News)
Madison Public Library Discussed on Local Television (via CW57)

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