Public Library News Roundup
Last Updated: October 6, 2018
California
Main Library Project Loses Funding in Menlo Park (via Patch.com)
San Francisco Public Library Announces 2018 One City One Book – The Best We Could Do, An illustrated Memoir by Thi Bui
Colorado
Boulder Restores Library Funding… (via Daily Camera)
Broomfield Library System Will Go Fine-Free In 2019 (via The Daily Camera)
Denver Public Library Proposes Eliminating Fines Starting in 2019 (via DenverChannel.com) ||| Additional Coverage (via Denver Post)
Connecticut
Fired Bridgeport City Librarian Files Federal Lawsuit (via CTPost.com)
Illinois
October 3: Chicago Sun Times Editorial: “A Restored West Side Regional Library is Worth the Price of a Painting”
October 1: City of Chicago Plan to Sell $15 Million Painting Slammed as Questionable Way to Upgrade Library (via Chicago Sun-Times)
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Chicago Public Library: Relocated Archive Opens History of Chicago and Its Parks to Residents (via Chicago Sun-Times)
Skokie Library Leaders Move Forward with Estimated $17m Interior Renovation Plan (via Chicago Tribune)
Indiana
Alexandria-Monroe Public Library: Library Really Needs People to Stop Sticking Googly Eyes on Book Covers (via Metro.co.uk) ||| Facebook Post Cited in Article
Iowa
Library Trustees Nix Plan to Let Genealogy Files Remain at the Mason City Public Library.(via AP) & Mason City Library Rejects Genealogy Club Proposal, Grants Extension (via Globe Gazette)
Kansas
KU Libraries, Lawrence Public Library Sponsor ‘Great American Read’ Events
New Library, Old Funding: Wichita Spends Less on Libraries than Most Cities (via Wichita Eagle)
Maryland
‘One Book Baltimore’ Aims to Bring Community Together Through Reading (via WMAR)
Massachusetts
October 2: Boston Public Library Launches Wifi Hotspot Lending Program, One Year Pilot Underway
New Hampshire
After Hopkinton Library Fire, Warehouse Fills With Damaged Books (via Concord Monitor)
New Jersey
Morristown & Morris Township Library Acquires Photos of George Washington’s Headquarters (via TAP Info)
New Mexico
Tularosa Library Website Plagued by Sexy Ads (via Alamogordo Daily News)
New York
Brooklyn Public Library Will Debut a New Branch In Dumbo in 2020 (via Curbed NY) & WORKac To Design Brooklyn Public Library’s First New Branch In 35 Years (via The Architects Newspaper)
Snøhetta To Design a Sunset-Hued Library in Far Rockaway, Queens (via The Architect Newspaper)
Ohio
Cuyahoga County Public Library Wins Additional $50,000 from Google (via News 5 Cleveland)
Main Library in Downtown Toledo Closes For a One Year, $10.4 Million Renovation Project (via ABC 13)
Youngstown: Library Board Takes First Steps to Renovate Main Library (via The Vindicator)
Ontario
London Public Library: New ‘Labs’ Opens Audio, Visual Production Tools to Public (via The Londoner)
With $7.1 Million Investment, Radnor Shows Suburban Libraries are Still Vital (via Philly.com)
Rhode Island
Providence Public Library Undertakes Renovations (via The Brown Daily Herald)
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon Library Hires Outreach Workers to Meet Social Needs of Visitors (via CBC)
Tennessee
Permanent Women’s Suffrage Collection Approved For Nashville Library (via Nashville Public Radio)
Vermont
Public Libraries Contribute to Local Food Movement (via Rutland Herald)
Washington
Pierce County Library System Fronts Levy Bid (via Tacoma Weekly)
Seattle Public Library Offers Free Telephone Service (via PublicLibrariesOnline)
MORE TO COME
Last Updated: October 6, 2018
Filed under: Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Funding, Libraries, News, Public Libraries, 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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