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On my way to study in Green Library’s Lane Reading Room, I was suddenly struck by a portrait of a woman in an industrial kitchen, staring at me. An object label next to it reads: “Teresa.” As a regular at Green, I questioned how I had never seen this artwork — or noticed that the … Read more
Everybody needs a place where they feel they belong.That’s what motivated Lauren Hatto, 16, to raise money for and donate tools to the Troy Public Library to help the neurodivergent.The project earned her the Gold Award, the highest honor in Girl Scouts.“Neurodiversity is the concept of how all brains are unique and different from one … Read more
The popularity of the Winter Park Library & Events Center continues to create a parking dilemma that designated spaces and a 2022 lot expansion did not solve. However, the former library building can provide some measure of downtown parking relief while generating revenue as a valet lot. Commissioners reviewed options for both properties during their … Read more
COLORADO SPRINGS — The number of book ban attempts in public libraries across the nation increased by 92% from 2022 to 2023, according to the American Library Association. State lawmakers are pushing to require public libraries to follow standardized policies for deciding whether to remove any materials. “Overall our library policy has been almost word … Read more
STARKE, Fla. (WCJB) – A library director is now out of a job and behind bars. Bradford County commissioners have formally fired library director Robert Perone. Perone, 61, is accused of stealing more than $12 thousand from the county’s Friends of the Library non-profit group. Organizers told deputies that Perone was the only one who … Read more