Atlanta-Fulton Library's $150M Upgrade Plan Approved Lynn Blumenstein - 04/08/2008
The Fulton County, GA, Board of Commissioners has approved the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System’s plan to upgrade the county’s library services by building, renovating, and closing several library facilities. A funding mechanism, however, awaits.
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New Orleans Public Library Announces Ambitious Master Plan Norman Oder - 03/18/2008
Leaders of the long under-resourced New Orleans Public Library, devastated by the effects of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, aim to produce a “world-class library system” by 2030, following a major drive for capital and operating funds that would total $650 million.
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Editorial: Two NYPLs or One? By Francine Fialkoff, Editor-in-Chief, fialkoff@reedbusiness.com - 02/01/2008
When I was a kid, long before I knew the distinction between the Research Libraries and the Branch Libraries of New York Public Library (NYPL), you could still go to the big Beaux Arts building on 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue to borrow books or work on the more rigorous middle school/high school papers, as well as to the local branches.
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BackTalk: Go Green! By Jane C. Neale - 02/01/2008
Libraries, with their collective mission of sharing books and other materials for use by communities of users, are the quintessential green organization. But we can implement additional “green” strategies and do even more good for the planet, set a good example for our constituents, and save money.
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Kanawha County PL, WV, Gets $1 Million By Lynn Blumenstein - 02/01/2008
The Maier Foundation and Verizon West Virginia have each donated $500,000 to the Kanawha County Public Library, Charleston, WV, for a planned new downtown library and six replacement, expanded, or renovated libraries elsewhere in the county.
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NYPL Union Protests Back-office Move to Central Facility Norman Oder - 01/10/2008
Tensions between the New York Public Library’s union and management have flared up over the library’s plans to move back-office staff from Manhattan to a new facility in Long Island City, Queens. The library says it will save money.
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Bye-Bye, B&N, Illinois Library Will Move into a Former Bookstore Jennifer Pinkowski - 01/09/2008
A northern Illinois library is moving into former Barnes & Noble—and it's planning to keep many of the elements that have made B&N so popular with readers, including the café.
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Blatant Berry Blog John N. Berry III, Editor-at-Large, Library Journal April 18, 2008 National What Week??
I was amused by the Annoyed Librarian’s April 16 good old days rant about... More
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