Libraries News

BOOKWORMS are being encouraged to bury their head in a good book with the launch of this year's summer reading challenge.

Leaders at the Lansing area's library system would like patrons to know they have succeeded at doing more with less over the past three years.

Calvert presented a wide varsity of motions to the court. These motions included a request for photographs of evidence collected from Calvert's possession such as a red and white target, a personal safe and other items.

This has disturbing implications for both how the library protects its publicly funded collection and the negative perception created by issuing warrants for readers' arrest.

Jordan Perkins, 9 of Richland, wears a Lincoln hat Thursday as she reads about Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War exhibit at the Kennewick branch of the Mid-Columbia Libraries.

Love of baseball, libraries leads Rutgers grad to Hall Matt Rothenberg is the manager of the A. Bartlett Giamatti Research Center Check out this story on mycentraljersey.com: http://mycj.co/1rE03Bd Matt Rothenberg, who received a master's degree in library and information science from Rutgers' School of Communication and Information in 2009, is the ... (more)

Library trustees are looking for a town resident to serve on a search committee to select a new library director, following last week's resignation of longtime director Cheryl Paul-Bradley, who is still being investigated for her handling of library funds.

As technology progresses, and more and more reading tools shift to an online model, libraries continue to see a decreasing book circulation - but doesn't mean they're facing a drop in demand.

Brittney Lohmiller / Savannah Morning News - Colin McWhirter applies a joint compound to the drywall inside of the new Garden City library July 17. The new library will house more than 37,000 books and magazines, 40 computers, children's spaces and study rooms.

Five years ago, a small effort started in Wisconsin that's now grown into a global movement.

The county's library system is charting a course for the future and has developed a new three-year plan to help the libraries better serve county patrons over the next three years.

Protests were held across the city when the council said it needed to save A 1.67m from the libraries budget because of Government spending cuts.

Surrey County Council said this week that the number of ebooks borrowed from its libraries in the first six months of this year climbed to 29,390, compared to 15,267 for the same period in 2013.

The American University of Beirut Libraries have joined Arabic Collections Online , a five-year project funded by New York University Abu Dhabi that aims to digitize and make accessible worldwide over 100,000 volumes of Arabic content.

TO mark the centenary of Australia's involvement in World War 1, Monaro Regional Librar-ies and local family history volunteers will hold a special photographic exhibition at Bombala Library during Family History Month in August.

It's part of a process that many school districts go through each year. Still, some are concerned that librarians aren't being consulted beforehand.

Residents still have three weeks to give their views on the future of Derbyshire County Council's mobile library service in a consultation to help the authority deal with budget cuts.

The Long Beach Public Library , together with the City of Long Beach, has installed four Little Free Libraries on the boardwalk near the Franklin, Grand, Magnolia and Monroe Boulevard ticket booths.

Library honors Billy Joel with US pop music prize The Library of Congress is honoring Billy Joel with its Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

On July 22, 1911, when Mill Valley's first public library opened its doors, visitors were greeted by new librarian Lillian Gardner, who was also the first person born in Mill Valley.