Aug. 7—JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Read all about this milestone anniversary. Cambria County Library will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its location on Main Street in Johnstown with a series of special events and fundraisers throughout August and September. The library’s David A. Glosser Building, dedicated in October 1971, is home […]
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Pritzker Military Museum & Library Names Coast Guard Reserve Rear Admiral Dr. Richard W. Schneider as the Winner of the 2021 Citizen Soldier Award | News
CHICAGO, July 8, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Pritzker Military Museum & Library is proud to announce that Dr. Richard W. Schneider will be the recipient of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library’s 2021 Citizen Soldier Award. The award will be presented when Dr. Schneider is honored at the 2021 Liberty Gala, […]
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Summer fun continues at the library – The Advocate-Messenger
BCPL News release All summer long the Boyle County Public Library offers fun, free events and activities for its patrons. In addition to virtual field trips, live virtual performers, take-and-make crafts, and in-person storytimes, patrons of all ages are invited to take part in the Summer Reading challenge. People who […]
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Books by mail: A Santa Ana arts center reimagines lending library services
Marytza Rubio’s home is stocked with books. About 300 titles travel back and forth between her bookshelves and the post office. An estimated 750 are stored inside weatherproof bins in the garage. The inventory is a part of Makara Center for the Arts’ book collection, which has continued to circulate […]
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KimsKorner: Summertime at the library
The beginning of Summer is here now in June and I bet some of your kids are already saying they are bored! Graduations are over, schools are dismissed until the fall, and people are looking forward to vacations or fun things to do as the pandemic is weakening and […]
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Viking Library System’s new bookmobile takes to the road this summer | News
Watch for the new Viking Library System (VLS) bookmobile, coming to a community near you this summer! The new bookmobile hits the road June 1 in west central Minnesota, continuing more than 40 years of service to the region. The bookmobile replaces an older model that proudly served the area […]
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Salem Public Library to debut new look, seismic upgrades this summer
CLOSE Catch up any news you may have missed. Wochit After an $18.6 million bond, seismic retrofits and an 18-month-closure, visitors will soon be able to return to the downtown Salem Public Library later this summer. Patrons will be greeted by a library with the same general footprint of the […]
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Ida Rupp library, branches share May events
CLOSE Ida Rupp Public Library and its branches offer a variety of programs in May. (Photo: Sheri Trusty/Correspondent) PORT CLINTON – The calendar for all locations of the Ida Rupp Public Library includes the following. All locations will be closed May 31 in observance of Memorial Day. May 3 • Under the […]
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New Canaan Library announces online auction of Mirror House
The New Canaan Library has announced the launch of a national online auction of the Mirror House, the modern structure that has been featured on the library’s grounds at the corner of Maple Street and South Avenue in New Canaan since fall 2020. Until Saturday, May 1, interested buyers may […]
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Bigfork Library Campaign Surpasses Major Milestone
A fundraising campaign for a new Bigfork library is a third of the way to its goal, offering hope that work on the new site can begin in 2021. In December, fundraising efforts surpassed the $500,000 mark, the first big milestone en route to a $1.6 million goal to fund […]
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New Oneida Library nearly ready for folks to check it out
ONEIDA — The Oneida Public Library is looking to open its doors soon and introduce the community to its state-of-the-art facility. Construction continued through the COVID-19 pandemic and the move-in officially began in early November. The new library is seeing its shelves stocked, furniture moved, and rooms prepared for the […]
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Plenty of holiday activities online at Olean Public Library | News
OLEAN — The Olean Public Library has announced its special holiday programs for the month of December, which include offerings for all ages. For adults, there will be craft projects via Facebook and YouTube for the next three Mondays. At 1 p.m. Dec. 14, librarian Christine will demonstrate how to […]
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Who is behind the fake Trump Presidential Library website? We talk to the anonymous architect
A New York-based architect, who has asked to remain anonymous, has imagined a fictitious Trump Presidential Library on the U.S.-Mexico border that contains an “Alt-Right Auditorium” (seen above), a “COVID Memorial” and a “Hall of Enablers.” (djtrumplibrary.com) With President Trump having lost the election (regardless of what he said in […]
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Anonymous architect of fake Trump presidential library speaks
Aaaaand we’re back, from outer space, and just walked in to find you with that rad look upon your face … I’m Carolina A. Miranda, a culture columnist at the Los Angeles Times, with the week’s essential art and architecture news: Spoofing the presidential library With President Trump having lost […]
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Hammer Museum, Huntington Library and a COVID waiting game
The late French-Moroccan artist Nicola L’s 1969 sculptural installation “La Chambre en Fourrure” (The Fur Room), slathered in royal purple faux-fur and studded with pockets, has been re-created inside the Hammer Museum for this year’s “Made in L.A.” biennial. Before COVID-19, viewers were meant to slide their faces and arms […]
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‘Made in L.A.’ at Hammer Museum, Huntington Library: A review
As I drove over to the UCLA Hammer Museum in Westwood to see the latest iteration of its biennial exhibition, the radio news broadcast a litany of awfulness. Coronavirus infections across the country had broken a record, with nearly 120,000 new cases in one day. The president of the United […]
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Collaborative online exhibit puts Osher library on the map
The Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education is already well known to map scholars and historians for its collection of some 500,000 maps, dating back to 1475. But, in September, the 26-year-old Portland institution added to its national reputation through its inclusion in an online collaboration called […]
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Curious Cornhuskers: Why is Love Library checkout so difficult? | Culture
As part of our initiative called Curious Cornhuskers, an anonymous reader asked The Daily Nebraskan, “Why is it so difficult to check out books at Love Library right now? Shouldn’t there be an easier way?” Once upon a time, campus libraries were used primarily to check out books rather than […]
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Curious Cornhuskers: Why is Love Library checkout so difficult? | Covid-19
As part of our initiative called Curious Cornhuskers, an anonymous reader asked The Daily Nebraskan, “Why is it so difficult to check out books at Love Library right now? Shouldn’t there be an easier way?” Once upon a time, campus libraries were used primarily to check out books rather than […]