Library News Roundup (8 Reports From Canada and U.S.)
Alberta to Cover Non-Resident Library Fee For First Nation Residents (via Canadian Press)
Arkansas: Fort Smith Library Tackles Funding Woes (via Times Record)
California: Collaboration & Coffee: Cal State L.A. Library Adapts to a New Generation Of Students (via The Eastsider)
Georgia: Gwinnett Library Branch Closes Today, Will Reopen in Fancy New Digs (via AJC)
Michigan: Tompkins County Public Library Receives $300,000 Construction Grant (via Lansing Star)
New York: Buffalo And UB Libraries To Hold Wedding of the Folios, Merging Buffalo’s Treasured Shakespeare Works
Oregon Archives Crawl Offers Fun Introduction to the State’s Hidden History (via OregonLive)
Washington DC: DC’s Newest Library Packs a Lot of Visual Drama Into a Small, Simple Building (via Washington City Paper)
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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.