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Jackie Chater has closed the book on her time at Tophill Library on Portland after 20 years.

Eric Squires welcomed the recent announcement that Beaverton will open in 2010 a new library in the Murrayhill area.

Video from the Richland Public Library's surveillance system helped clear up a "he said, she said" dispute about an alleged assault on an autistic boy, but some have questioned why it took so long to find the visual evidence.

Monday is the deadline for Google Inc. and other parties in the landmark books lawsuit to submit a revised settlement proposal, but some already say it won't be enough to satisfy critics.

A citizen's ad hoc committee, the library director and residents in attendance Nov.

Voters supported four of five area libraries seeking first-time tax levies last night, mirroring a statewide trend.

Proof that libraries are full of excitement! Guest blogger River Laker, Resource Development Coordinator, Roanoke Public Libraries, shares an overview of his participation and experience at the Virginia Library Association Annual Conference, Williamsburg, VA October 29-30, 2009.

Chemung County Library District voters on Tuesday voted 3,466-2,154 to approve a $2.4 million budget for 2010 that carries a 1.18 percent tax-levy increase, unofficial results show.

School libraries are a wonderland of knowledge most familiar to children. The school library law, which came into effect in 1954, defines school libraries as essential, fundamental facilities and requires all elementary, junior and senior high schools to have one.

Pelham Public Library 24 Village Green Pelham, NH 03076 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, November 3, 2009 Contact: Debbie Laffond, Children's Librarian Phone: 635-7581 ext.

NEASIS&T Talk The Library is dead. Long Live The Library! The Rebirth of Libraries in the 21st Century MIT Media Lab Dec 8 9 am NEASIS&T is holding a program called "The library is dead.

Thomas P. Davis should be commended for his Alabama Voices column 'Working Together Pays Off.' The Network of Alabama Academic Libraries under the leadership of Dr.

Tweed a ' With fundraising for the new library about to hit full speed, a donation received last week will benefit the children's department prior to the move.

PATASKALA -- Levies passed for Licking Heights Local Schools, the West Licking Fire Renewal and Harrison Township Roads, but the Pataskala Public Library lost its bid to pass its 0.49-mill issue.

The Utah State University Press is merging with the Merrill-Cazier Library. The university made the announcement Monday and says the partnership will officially start at the beginning of the 2011 fiscal year next summer.

MARATHON -- Voters in Marathon on Tuesday approved building a $550,000 public library by an overwhelming margin of 86 percent to 14 percent.

Voters in a number of Ohio communities came to the aid of public libraries that have been cutting hours and staff due to state budget cuts.

BEIJING: Google has admitted to having scanned more than 20,000 books under Chinese copyright protection, a media report said Tuesday.

Google's ambitious plan to scan millions of old, out of print books, many of them forgotten in musty university libraries, has turned into one of the biggest controversies in the young company's history.