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Tentative deal reached to keep Pittsburgh libraries open
Pittsburgh :: PA :: USA | 32 minutes ago
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The biggest item on the to-do list, though, is identification of $1 million in public aid for the libraries. That must be done by February, and could start with a vote of Pittsburgh City Council this afternoon. "We do need a firm commitment of some sort,"...
Tags: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh City Council, Pittsburgh, Library, Carnegie library, Hazelwood, Lawrenceville, Allegheny County Pennsylvania
Richland library offers new download service
Pasco :: WA :: USA | about 22 hours ago
Credibility They can download to any device using OverDrive Media Console for Windows Mobile 5 or above by visiting richland. lib.overdrive.com. Available materials include e-books, audiobooks, music and videos...Access also is available from richland.lib.wa.us by...
Tags: Pasco, Library, Audiobook, Online music stores, OverDrive Media Console, Proprietary software, E-book, Technology Internet
Arapahoe libraries brace for uptick in patrons from Aurora
Aurora :: CO :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Arapahoe Library District officials expect to feel some effects of four public libraries closing in nearby Aurora. But it may take four months to figure out how to manage the anticipated increase in patronage. "It does put us in a quandary," ALD executive...
Tags: arapahoe libraries, libraries district, ALD, Arapahoe Library District, Arapahoe County, Aurora, Centennial Colorado, Library, Denver, Aurora Illinois, Arapahoe County Colorado, Denver metropolitan area
Connecting Walton to the Internet
Logansport :: IN :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Gordon Southern, director of the Walton-Tipton Township Public Library, is hoping to start offering residents the free access early next year. “Our goal right now, since we are waiting on stimulus money, is the first of March,” he said. Southern said...
Tags: Walton Library, Walton-Tipton Township Public Library, Walton Main Street, Gordon Southern, walton residents, stimulus money, Logansport, Wi-Fi, Library, Internet, Internet access, Rights
Other Voices: When it comes to library privatization, tread carefully!
Grass Valley :: CA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Most of my career I spent in the for-profit world of libraries as the director of knowledge and learning management for a large biomedical company. I have also worked for the Nevada County Libraries at the Madelyn Helling, Grass Valley, and Doris Foley...
Tags: service provider, contract service, Nevada County Libraries, contributes greatly, public library, Grass Valley, Baltimore County Public Library, Alameda County Library, Library, Librarian
Other Voices: Let's avoid hasty decisions for our public libraries
Grass Valley :: CA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility We have a concern that community input is being deliberately avoided. We urge the Board of Supervisors to pass a resolution that no decision be made, nor contract awarded until other viable alternatives are seriously considered. We urge concerned citizens...
Tags: community input, public libraries, Grass Valley, Business Finance, Public library, Library
Aurora OKs cuts in library services
Aurora :: CO :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility The City Council gave final approval Monday to a 2010 budget that calls for deep cuts in library services. The operating budget of $231 million is about $14 million less than the 2009 budget. The council agreed to cut about 135 positions for 2010, with...
Tags: Aurora, Karen Middleton, Library
To the Board of Supervisors
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility I am stunned that you would even consider such an irrational move. We have a wonderful system in the county and to tinker or change it would not benefit the citizens the system serves. First, it was in good faith that the people of this county voted to...
Tags: Birmingham, Public library, Library, Tax
New library building to be ready in a year
Singapore :: Singapore | 3 days ago
Credibility Here is good news for the book-lovers and library-goers of the city. The new building for the District Central Library will be constructed in a year’s time. Priority is to be given for clearing of the tender for the construction of the library on an outlay...
Tags: Singapore, Library, Thuraiyur, Tiruchirapalli District, Public library
Library reveals strategic plans for next three to five years
Terre Haute :: IN :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility Broadbent is an independent consultant specializing in strategic planning processes for higher education, libraries and non-profit organizations. He also holds a master's degree in library and information science and a Ph.D...On Wednesday, the library...
Tags: strategic plans, Chuck Broadbent, plans process, Terre Haute, Library, Education
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