Public Library News Roundup
California: Sonoma County Library Director Stuns Officials with Resignation (via The Press-Democrat)
Colorado: Radio Report: An Opioid Death Prompts Denver Public Library To Keep Overdose Antidote On Hand (via Colorado Public Radio)
Delaware: Public Libraries in Delaware Face Budget Cuts
Georgia: Cobb County Library System to Pay Approx. $1.4 Million to Bibliotheca For RFID Technology (via AJC)
Idaho: City of Boise Partners to Plan a Project to Replace or Renovate Main Library Branch (via The Statesman-Herald)
Indiana: Gary Public Library Drastically Reduces Spending (via NW Indiana Times)
Indiana: An Indiana Public Library Dumps Dewey Decimal System For Easier “Bookstore” Method (via IPR/AP)
See Also: “We’re Done With Dewey” via Kendalville Public Library)
Learn More About BISAC Subject Headings Codes used by bookstores.
See Also: Two Pittsburgh Area Public Libraries Using BISAC Subject Heading to Organize Some Materials, More Libraries Possible (April 23, 2012)
Massachusetts: With a Renovation, Boston Public Library Transforms Not Only the Building, But Its Attitude (via Boston Globe)
Nebraska: Library Reduces Hours in Anticipation of City’s Budget Cuts (via Grand Island Independent)
New York: Man Arrested for Selling Heroin Inside White Plains Public Library (via CBS News York)
||| Heroin: Dealers arrested; sales in library: DA (via LoHud)
New York: Overdose at the Rochester Public library: Should Workers be Trained to use Heroin Antidote? (via WHEC)
UPDATE Ontario: Province agrees to reinstate $1.4M grant to Toronto Public Library (via CTV)
||| Full Text of Statement by Ontario Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport Eleanor McMahon (via TPL Twitter)
…Ontario Cuts Funding for Toronto Public Library. Services (via The Star)
Oregon: Roseburg Library Staff Prepares For Closure: ‘We’re All Looking For Work’ (Permanent Closure of All Douglas County Libraries)
Pennsylvania: Library Out $94,000 in Late Fees: Thousands Of Books and DVD’s are Unaccounted For (via WBRE/WYOU)
Wyoming: Budget Cuts Force Layoffs at Libraries (via Uinta County Herald)
Note: The director of the library system was laid-off along with three others. More cuts possible.
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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. 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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