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Jersey City anti-violence group to hold community workshop Saturday

Edit NJ dot com 22 Jul 2016
The Jersey City Anti-Violence Coalition Movement will conduct a block association workshop at the Greenville Branch Library at 1841 Kennedy Blvd ... A Ward A public safety meeting will also be held July 25, at Cityline Church at 1510 Kennedy Blvd, from 6.30 to 8.30 p.m. ....

Swann Foundation Announces Awards for 2016-2017 (The Library of Congress)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Jul 2016
The Library of Congress) ... Martha Kennedy (202) 707-9115 ... The Caroline and Erwin Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon, administered by the Library of Congress, is awarding fellowships to two applicants for the academic year 2016-2017 ... An avid collector, Swann assembled a large group of original drawings by over 500 artists, spanning two centuries, which his estate bequeathed to the Library of Congress in the 1970s....

Council to seek public’s views on library strategy (Swindon Borough Council)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Jul 2016
A series of drop-in consultation events will be taking place over the next two months to allow members of the public to have their say on Swindon Borough Council's new library strategy. The Council's cabinet approved the library strategy last week (13 July), which will see a core library network maintained including Central, North Swindon, West Swindon and Highworth ... The full library strategy can be accessed by visiting....

7/21/2016 Placer County says farewell to Bookmobile, new mobile library coming soon (Placer County, CA)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Jul 2016
A new mobile library is coming this fall, bringing the same excellent service to the community with a few exciting bonus features. The community is invited to bid a fond farewell to the Bookmobile and catch a performance of Wild Things, a live animal show, as part of the Placer County Library summer reading program, July 25, 10.00 a.m to 12.00 p.m., at the Auburn Recreation Park....

Plight of intellectual pride: Let’s save our libraries

Edit The Himalayan 22 Jul 2016
The massive earthquakes of April 25 and several other powerful aftershocks devastated and damaged many library buildings located in Kathmandu. Among many libraries, the most severely affected were four major libraries of Nepal, viz. Nepal National Library (NNL), Tribhuvan University Central Library (TUCL), Kaiser Library (KL) and Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya (MPP). These are important libraries where our written heritage is housed....

Son of Ted Kennedy talks about mental illness and the bill he sponsored to provide ...

Edit Ohio 22 Jul 2016
Patrick Kennedy is fighting a public battle against a very personal foe. Kennedy, the son of U.S ... Ted Kennedy, told a crowd of 525 people at the Akron Roundtable luncheon Thursday about his struggle with alcohol and prescription painkillers ... Kennedy is the founder of the Kennedy Forum, which focuses on mental health and recovery ... Kennedy said he was constantly being monitored, going in for random drug screenings multiple times a week....

3-day St. Anne's Festival in Heights starts Friday

Edit NJ dot com 22 Jul 2016
Anne's Church on Kennedy Boulevard in the Jersey City Heights will commemorate the feast week of St ... Anne's Church on Kennedy Boulevard in the Jersey City Heights will commemorate the feast week of St ... Youth activities at the festival include indoor games at Centennial Hall and outdoor games on Congress Street and Kennedy Boulevard ... It will proceed north on Kennedy Boulevard and conclude at the church....

The National Library: online and on the shelves

Edit The Irish Times 22 Jul 2016
With about 10 million objects from nearly 1,000 years of Irish history, archiving the internet isn’t the first thing that jumps to mind about the National Library of Ireland. Nestled in the centre of Kildare Street since 1890, the Library’s treasured materials constitute the most comprehensive collection of Irish documentary material on the planet ... National Library of Ireland ... what’s inside the national library, and what it means....

High-Speed Internet Access Equips State Citizens with 21st Century Tools (State of West Virginia)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Jul 2016
- The West Virginia Library Commission Statewide Library Network, celebrating twenty years of service, is now providing Internet access through on-site fiber optic cable to all public libraries using their system ... With a faster connection speed, library patrons can utilize their time in a more productive manner, bypassing the frustrations of delayed Internet browsing or downloads....

Strategic Plan (Mechanicsburg Public Library)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Jul 2016
Mechanicsburg Public Library). MECHANICSBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY STRATEGIC PLAN 2016-2020. Adopted by the Mechanicsburg Public Library Board of Trustees July 20, 2016​ ... What do we want to do in the next few years at the Mechanicsburg Public Library? Our strategic planning process included a 2016 survey with ideas gathered from youth and adults, business people, school personnel, and village officials ... Increase awareness of Library services....

Two Public Libraries Severely Damaged by Floods in West Virginia (State of West Virginia)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Jul 2016
As for two public libraries, Rainelle (Greenbrier County) and Clendenin (Kanawha County), the destruction is unimaginable ... Rainelle Public Library is making a slow, but gradual recovery. The building consumed 5 feet of water, destroying the library's entire print and digital collection ... Clendenin Public Library was also declared a catastrophe ... Recovery time for both of these libraries is estimated to be several months....

Have you joined the Library Conversation? (Plymouth City Council)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Jul 2016
Have you had your say on Plymouth's libraries yet?. More than 1,400 people have already joined our Library Conversation but we want to hear from as many people as possible ... The questionnaire is available online and in libraries ... The Library Conversation runs until Saturday 3 September....

Family theatre on its way to libraries (Leicestershire County Council)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Jul 2016
A funny, thoughtful and thrilling adventure will take to the stage at five Leicestershire libraries this month ... The theatre production has been adapted by Leicester based company The Spark Arts for Children and has been made specifically for library and community settings....
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