The Providence Public Library and the city try to work out a sustainability plan.
Archive for February, 2009
Library, city at odds over funding (NBC 10 Providence)
Saturday, February 28th, 2009
Bloomfield Hills moves toward agreement with township library (Birmingham Eccentric)
Saturday, February 28th, 2009The Bloomfield Township Public Library and the city of Bloomfield Hills moved closer to resolving the funding dispute that has denied full library privileges to city residents for the past several years.
Funding Boosts Graduate Student Spaces at U of G (University of Guelph News)
Saturday, February 28th, 2009The University of Guelph will receive $3.62 million from the provincial government to create spaces for 231 new graduate students. In addition to supporting growth in graduate places in previous years, this funding will allow U of G to create another 218 master’s and 13 PhD spaces, president Alastair Summerlee said Friday in the University of Guelph Library. “We’re pleased with the McGuinty …
Grants library project loses $400,000 grant (The Gallup Independent)
Friday, February 27th, 2009GRANTS — City leaders and Grants library supporters were somewhat dumbfounded at the recent news that the proposed new library building project lost nearly half a million dollars to the state fiscal ax.
Public library says it’s time to Imagine (St. Thomas Times-Journal)
Friday, February 27th, 2009St. Thomas Public Library is inviting the community to Imagine. The library introduced its forthcoming Imagine fundraising campaign this week to friends and community leaders, [...]
Lewes library hopes to meet goal (Delaware Coast Press)
Friday, February 27th, 2009LEWES — For the first time since it opened, the Lewes Public Library may fail to meet its annual fundraising goal.
Fitchburg City Council approves library (Wisconsin State Journal)
Friday, February 27th, 2009Nearly four months after a split referendum in which voters approved the construction but not the operation of a library, the Fitchburg City Council voted Tuesday night to go ahead with the $14 million project.
Join ‘Friends of Spencer Public Library’ (Spencer Daily Reporter)
Friday, February 27th, 2009Are you looking to contribute some time and/or money to a worthwhile cause? Joining the Friends of Spencer Public Library group may fill the bill for you. “The Friends group is very important to the…
Hospital tips its ‘Hats Off to Women’ (Moorpark Acorn)
Friday, February 27th, 2009Emmy Awardwinning actress and breast cancer survivor Ann Jillian will be this year’s featured guest speaker at Simi Valley Hospital Foundation’s annual Hats Off to Women fundraising event scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fri., April 17 at the Reagan Library, 40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley.
Funding cuts put libraries in bind (Cherokee Tribune)
Friday, February 27th, 2009Cherokee County public library officials are working to keep shelves stocked as funding declines and usage rises.
