Public Library News Roundup
Alberta
Calgary Public Library Launches New Drag Storytelling Series (via GlobalNews.ca)
Morinville’s Public Library Seeks 56-Per-Cent Increase in Funding to Get Staff Compensation Up To Municipal Levels (via Edmonton Examiner)
California
Los Angeles: Central Library Exhibit Examines The Lives Of Those On Both Sides Of The U.S.-Mexico Border (via LA Times)
Tax to Fund Oakland Public Libraries Heads to June Ballot (via SFGate)
Florida
An Alachua County Library Branch Has Reopened After a Nearly $2 Million Renovation (via The Independent Florida Alligator)
Idaho
Moshe Safdie to Design Boise Public Library (via Architecture News) ||| Boise Hires Famed Architect to Design New Main Library (via Idaho Statesman) ||| Official News Release
Illinois
Evanston: $10.5 Million Renovation of Downtown Library Must Wait (via Evanston Now)
Massachusetts
Framingham Library Display Becomes Viral Sensation (via MetroWest Daily News)
Springfield Officials Praise $3.5 Million Renovation Project at Central Library Slated For Late-Summer Completion (via MassLive.com)
Michigan
Lawmaker Wants to Bring Anti-Overdose Medication to Michigan Libraries (via WZZM)
Minnesota
St. Paul: New Library Social Worker Will Help Patrons Access Mental Health Supports (via MinnPost)
Missouri
Missouri Sec. of State Ashcroft Emphasizes Importance of Libraries During Budget Testimony (via Missourinet)
Video: There’s a Hidden Rroom in the St. Louis Public Library’s Central Library (via KSDK)
Nebraska
Expansion Approved! Omaha Public Library Board Approves Facilities Plan that Includes New Southwest Branch (via Omaha World-Herald)
New Jersey
East Brunswick Public Library Cuts Operating Hours (MyCentralNewJersey.com)
Roxbury’s Public Library Can Learn from Local Pub, says Director (via TAPIntoRoxbury
New York
The Queens Library Will No Longer Offer Plastic Shopping Bags to Customers (via licpost) ||| Complete Queens Library Statement/News Release
North Carolina
A Sneak Peek at Downtown Durham’s New Main Library (via Duke University Libraries)
Pennsylvania
York County: Library System Cuts Hours, Reduces Purchases So County Can Spend More on Opioid Crisis (via York Daily Record)
Wisconsin
New $29.8M Library, Plus Housing Complex Eyed in Downtown Appleton
MORE TO COME
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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.
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