Public Library News Roundup (Reports From U.S. and Canada)
Alabama: Lee County Residents Ask County Commission to Restore Library System Funding (via Opelika-Auburn News)
Georgia: New East Marietta Library Will Cost $12 Million (via AJC.com)
Kentucky: The Louisville Free Public Library Now Has a Streaming Service for Local Music (via LEO Weekly)
New Jersey: Camden County, Librarians Struggle to Agree on Salaries, Benefits (via Philly.com)
New York: New York Public Library Digitizes 137 Years of New York City Directories, Access Online
Ohio: Library Asks Voters To Renew 0.5-Mill Levy (via Newark Advocate)
Ontario: Ottawa Public Library Board Denies Request to Release Shortlist (via Ottawa Citizen)
Oregon: Springfield Public Library Asking Residents to Help Plan its Future (via Register-Guard)
Wisconsin: About 900 Items Returned to Milwaukee Public Library During Fine Amnesty (via WISN)
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.
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