Category Archives: Public-Libraries

Edward Szynaka, CEO of the Marion County Public Library for the past 9 years, was outsted by a vote of the Board on Thursday.

The New York Public Library has added a new collection of material from Terry Southern , author of Dr. Strangelove and Easy Rider .

“In an odd twist, the House budgeted $2.2-million to help pay to move the state library’s circulating collection of more than 300,000 books to the private Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale. That’s far less than the $5-million the school says it needs, but Byrd says he’s opposed to the transfer. ‘Don’t start boxing it up yet,’ Byrd said. ‘I’m against moving the library.’” — Steve Bousquet

The York County Library is thinking of adding some new branches and expanding some existing ones.

The future of the Sweet Home Public Library rests on the turnout of a levy vote on May 20th.

In Loudon, New Hampshire, Voters have decided they did not need a children’s librarian and to not complete work on the library basement.

With all the focus on Minneapolis lately, just how is the St. Paul Public Library doing?

The embattled River Bluffs Regional Library may soon be no more .

Rather than close 4 branches with less attendance as recommended by Library Director Kit Hadley, the Minneapolis Library Board’s Finance Committee has decided it would be more effective to eliminate 48 staff positions, reduce maintenance, and spend less on technology.

“The governor has recommended that the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners become a part of the Department of Education. This means that the board would lose its autonomy. Though we do not yet know if the proposal will happen, if we became part of that huge educational bureaucracy, the needs of all libraries in the state would be lost in the shuffle. That would be most unfortunate, given the value our citizens have placed on libraries historically.” – Ruth Hathaway , Director of the Holbrook Public Library