Archive for the 'Brooklyn Public Library' Category
Wily raccoon breaks into Brooklyn Public Library basement
July 14th, 2010NY Daily News – “A wily raccoon snuck into the basement of the Brooklyn Public Library’s central branch late last week, startling maintenance workers. “He was probably just wandering around looking for some books to check out,” joked Brooklyn Public Library spokeswoman Malika Granville, who suggested the critter read the kids [...]
Brooklyn library closings shelved but many will go to five-day service
July 1st, 2010NY Daily News – “Most Brooklyn libraries will be open just five days a week under the new city budget – but none will have to close. The budget passed by the City Council on Tuesday cut the Brooklyn Public Library’s budget by $3.4 million – far less than the $20.6 million threatened by Mayor [...]
Philly native Linda Johnson coming to head Brooklyn’s library system
June 26th, 2010New York Daily News – “The Broolyn Public Library is turning the page – with a new library chief, the Daily News has learned. Philadelphia native Linda Johnson has been tapped to take over as the library’s interim executive director starting next week and will serve for one year.”
Story changes for Brooklyn libraries … only five to seven set to close, down from 16
June 23rd, 2010NY Daily News – “Read it and weep, Brooklyn. A “handful” of neighborhood libraries will likely be shuttered, with hours slashed at remaining borough branches, because of city budget cuts, the Daily News has learned. Between five and seven Brooklyn library branches are now on the chopping block – down from 16 that Brooklyn Public [...]
Article on Outplacement Firm Backfires for Brooklyn Public Library
August 18th, 2009Library Journal – “For readers, a long Washington Post article published August 9 and headlined The Art of Letting Employees Go, was an intimate look at the work of the Five O’Clock Club (FOCC), an outplacement firm that charges clients “about $2,000 per fired employee in exchange for providing layoff victims with a year of [...]
Brooklyn’s Bookish Ambition
February 27th, 2008The New York Observer – “Absent a famous last name, or a fancy job, or an award-winning book, or simply a boatload of cash, a New York Public Library board position is a long shot for even the most devoted bibliophile. But what about … Brooklyn?”
Flexing Big Muscles for a Little Library
April 8th, 2007The Brooklyn Public Library wants to acquire a building by using eminent domain.
Netflix Grows in Brooklyn?
March 23rd, 2007Great news today:
"In what would be a first in the United States, the Brooklyn Public Library hopes to team up with Netflix to deliver DVDs and videos to anyone in the borough with a library card, The Post has learned. The price would be unbeatable – free."
But, keep reading and you’ll see….
"Netflix spokesman Steve Swasey [...]
