The Carnegie Branch Library for Local History archive collects and preserves our community’s memory for future generations of researchers. Written, visual and audible materials created by and about Boulder-area residents are housed in our documents room…
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Military Research Day adults On the first Tuesday of every month, join members of the Albuquerque Genealogical Society to explore your family s military history. Find out more about the military resources available from the Genealogy Center. Begins with…
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[ Editor’s note: In celebration of the holidays, we’re counting down the top 12 Flavorwire features of 2012. This post, at #3, was originally published April 16. ] We’re suckers for beautiful libraries here at Flavorpill, as you might have noticed from…
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The mission of the University Libraries & Archives is to provide access to collections of materials sufficient in quality, depth, diversity, format and currency to support the research and teaching missions of The New School. Bobcat The New School…
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Artists of the written word face off in a 24-hour writing competition. Adult and Youth writers can participate in one of three categories (Fiction, Non-Fiction and Poetry) or can take on the Ultra Iron Pen challenge and write in all three! Writers of…

SALT LAKE CITY — Some in downtown Salt Lake City love the idea of keeping Salt Lake City Public Libray’s doors unlocked around the clock, but others say it would only attract more crime. Tuesday night, the City Council took public comment to hear what…

The South Norfolk Jordan Bridge is the City s first privately owned bridge, is no longer a drawbridge and is also the first tolled bridge. Please visit the South Norfolk Jordan Bridge website at for official bridge information. Located between Poindexter…

The Salt Lake City Main Public Library occupies a city block across from city hall. The building consists of a five story, triangular-shaped structure housing the stacks and readers’ facilities, an adjacent rectangular administration wing, and a glass-enclosed…

The New York Library system is rolling out a new program that will allow thousands of low income families to be able to borrow wireless hotspots from their local library. This stems from a one million dollar donation from Google and a $500, grant from…

Interesting discussion on the COLLIB-L discussion list. A librarian posted a link to a survey about: “What makes a professional librarian? Discussion on the list then evolved into the state of the library job market. Several people mentioned that they…

Community Reps / Meet the Reps / Outreach Materials DPLA wants you! We are looking for volunteers to help us spread the word in local communities. If you are enthusiastic about open access, digital collections, and the potential of a national digital…

24/7 – what does that make you think of? 7-Eleven? Taco Bell? Las Vegas? How about your local public library? Back in my college days, our university library would stay open all night for a few weeks around the end of the semester. This was to allow students…

I m always looking for free, educational or stimulating things to do with my toddler and recently another mother turned me on to Story Time at Salt Lake Moanalua Library. I was totally blown away it and we go as often as we can when we are free on Friday…

Want to learn what it takes to soar on the flying trapeze or just what goes into those cream pies that the clowns throw? Then join Kelly, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Ambassador of Laughter, for some serious fun on Monday, June 22 @ 1 PM…

Me and Whitmore go way back. Wy back. As a young gradeschooler this was my library of choice. And by choice, I mean the library my mom took me to. As a junior highschooler, this was the library where I volunteered to read books to little kids once a week…

The Building We were a bit shocked when Duane told us that the original “Salt Lake Library” started out as a storefront space in the neighboring Salt Lake Shopping Center. The building that exists now was built in 1992 and opened in August of the same…

You live in a district which pays taxes to another library system, or you are a non-resident teacher or student, or your card has been issued to a business or institution, not to an individual. You have limited borrowing privileges at the Lake County…

JONESBORO – Arkansas State University Museum announced today it has received a $90, 013 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). According to Dr. Marti L. Allen, director, ASU Museum will use the grant funds to sustain three years…

Salt Lake City got some rather nice coverage for its recent PechaKucha Night Vol. 12 from SLUG Magazine . The PechaKucha format is brilliant. Japanese for “chit chat, ” it was invented in Tokyo in 2003, and since has spread to almost 800 different locations…

The Salt Lake City Public Library system offers over 5, 200 ebooks to its members. The digital collection is incredibly popular and appears to be growing in popularity each day. The big surprise is that the ebooks are more expensive than print books according…

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Washington, D.C., announced today 160 awards totaling $18, , 552 matched with $32, 007, 711 of non-federal funds for Museums for America Program Grants. IMLS received 481 applications requesting $53…