Public Library News Roundup
Alberta
Calgary’s New Central Library Opens in 100 Days (via CPL)
Arizona
Phoenix Burton Barr Central Library Restoration Bill: $11.5 Million (via KJZZ)
Colorado
Book Enthusiasts Get Literary-Themed Tattoos at the Denver Public Library (via Denver Post)
Pine River Public Library District Considering Tax Increase Request (via Pine River Times)
Florida
New Gainesville Hybrid Library and Social Services Center Opens (via WCJB)
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Georgia
Atlanta’s Downtown Library Takes Computers To The Park During Closure (via WABE)
Idaho
Coeur d’Alene Library Launches Local Newspaper Archives Online
Illinois
Chicago Public Library Visits Down But Circulation is Up; See Which Books Get Checked Out Most (via Chicago Sun-Times)
Video: City of Chicago Announces New Library Modernization Initiative (via WLS)
Skokie Public Library Leaders Consider Major Changes to Building Interior (via Skokie Review/Chicago Tribune)
Springfield: Ordinance to Prevent Homeless From Sleeping Overnight Outside Lincoln Library Fails (via The State Journal-Register)
Indiana
Carmel Clay Public Library Plans $1.4m West Side Branch, Weighs Expansion Of Main Campus (via Indianapolis Star)
Loogootee, Indiana Gets $1.1 Million USDA Loan To Build New Library (via Indiana Public Media)
Kansas
For Wichita Library Gold Card Members, Two Popular Benefits are About to Go Away (via The Wichita Eagle)
Johnson County Opens First New Library In Two Decades (via KCUR)
UPDATED July 26: Two Wichita Branch Libraries Won’t Close — At Least For Now — Mayor Says (via The Wichita Eagle)
Two Libraries to Close Under Wichita Budget Proposal (via The Wichita Eagle)
Louisiana
Baton Rouge: Downtown Library Mess Now Considered ‘Litigation’ (via WBRZ)
Massachusetts
Boston Public Library Workers on Leave Amid Probe (via Boston Herald)
Lincoln Public Library Holding ‘Hamilton’ Ticket Raffle to Raise Money for Damaged Library in Puerto Rico (via Boston Globe)
Minnesota
St. Cloud: “‘Everybody Has a Role on Security’: Library Improves Security, Balances Access for All” (via St. Cloud Times)
St. Paul: Council Candidate Arrested, Banned From Library, Says He was Defending Teen (via Pioneer Press/TwinCities.com)
Montana
Nebraska
Omaha Public Library Names YA Novel on Police Shooting as 2018 Omaha Reads Selection (via World-Herald)
New Hampshire
Amid Thunderstorms, 2-Alarm Fire Damages Hopkinton Town Library (via Boston Globe) |||
Video Report from WMUR ||| Updates via Library’s Facebook Page
New York
Bronx Libraries Get Funding For Infrastructure, Technology Upgrades (via Long Island 12)
State Education Department Announces $24 Million in State Aid for 230 Public Library Construction Projects Statewide
Ohio
Levy For Lake County Library District Placed on November Ballot (via News-Herald)
The Dayton Library Ended Late Fees. Here’s What Happened (via Dayton Daily News)
Stark District Library Revises Levy Request (via IndeOnline)
Ontario
Do York Region Public Libraries Need Security Guards to be Safe? (via Toronto Star/Aurora Banner)
Pennsylvania
New Podcast: An Interview with Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Director of the Culinary Literacy Center at the Free Library of Philadelphia (via Public Libraries Online)
Quebec
Bedbugs Infest Montreal’s Biggest Library (via CTV) and Montreal’s Grande Bibliothèque Grapples With Bed Bug Invasion (via CBC)
Rhode Island
Audio: Providence Public Library Starts Transforming Renovation (via Rhode Island Public Radio)
Texas
Interview with Houston Public Library Executive Director Rhea Brown Lawson, Ph.D. (via TMC.edu)
Some Houston Libraries Still Closed 11 Months After Harvey (via HPM/Houston Chronicle/AP)
Vermont
Vermont Libraries Provide Community, Not Just Books (via Christian Science Monitor)
Virginia
Arlington Libraries Abandon Some Digital Offerings (Hoopla and NetAdvantage) to Cut Costs (via ARLNow) ||| Official Arlington Public Library Announcement
Jefferson-Madison Regional Library Beneficiary of a Nearly $1 Million Bequest
Norfolk’s Pretlow Library Gets Armed Security Guard After Incident Last Week (via WAVY)
Washington
Spokane: Ribbon Cutting for First Library Vending Machine in Washington (via KXLY)
Request For Higher Library Taxes in Pierce County Expected to Get Ok (via The News Tribune)
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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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