Por: Orlando Sentinel Nation January 08, 2023
In 1949, the women of the Orlando Sorosis Club raised more than $6,000 for a school bus outfitted to become a mobile library, to be used by the Orange County Library System. Along with an additional $10,000 from the county commission to operate the bus as an extension of what was then called the Albertson Public Library, the “Bookmobile” program was born. At its peak, the buses circulated 13,000 books a month, before the service ended after... + full article
Orlando Sentinel USA Nation January 01, 2023
Orlando’s growth truly roared during the 1920s during Florida’s fabled land boom, and no year shone brighter than 1923, a century ago, as the city morphed from a modest market town to an aspiring urban center, distinguished by new, classy buildings. One was the city’s... + más
‘Bookmobile’ return announced at Orange County Library System 100th anniversary kickoff | Orlando Sentinel
15+ free things you get with a New Orleans Public Library card: Zoo tickets, cake pans, more | The Advocate
The Advocate USA Entertainment December 01, 2022
If you've spent enough time around Baton Rouge, you may have noticed a large, bright blue bus parked at events or ambling its way around town. That'll be a Bookmobile. The East Baton Rouge Parish Library system's three 40-feet-long behemoths function as libraries... + más
Theatre Baton Rouge director turns to Dickens' original story to stage her own adaptation of 'Carol' | The Advocate
The Daily Beast USA Nation October 29, 2022
A library director has resigned from his post in small-town Tennessee after an uproar over a display of LGBTQ+ books.Now, the Maury County library board is frantic to find a replacement for Zachary Fox, whose supporters say he was targeted and bullied as part of a right-wing... + más
Taxpayers’ group attacks Scarborough library expansion proposal | Portland Press Herald
The Advocate USA Entertainment October 20, 2022
A New Orleans Public Library card gets you access to more things than . Just this month, the library unveiled a new service — free menstrual products.Cardholders also can get free tickets to the , free internet through mobile hot spots, free streaming movies, free plant... + más
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Portland Press Herald USA Opinion October 07, 2022
After more than a quarter-century, the door has opened a little wider for necessary improvements to Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library in Lovell, and public libraries across Maine. Let’s walk through that door, and see what we can accomplish. Our treasured library buildings need... + más
Libraries feel attacked – but not like the ‘freedom libraries’ of 1964 | Portland Press Herald
Commentary: An attack on a Maine school librarian is an attack on democracy | Portland Press Herald
Forbes USA Business October 03, 2022
Lizzo plays a flute from the Library of Congress collection in the Main Reading Room. Video by ... [+] Library of Congress.Photo Credit: Library of Congress The in Washington, D.C. has the world’s largest flute collection with 1700 flutes. The collection includes a crystal... + más
Lizzo plays James Madison's 200-year-old crystal flute on stage in DC | 10 WBNS
Lizzo played James Madison's 200-year-old crystal flute at her Washington, DC concert | CNN
Portland Press Herald USA Nation September 28, 2022
Richard Libby, a retired school teacher, talks about the proposed expansion of the Scarborough Public Library on Monday. Libby says, “They need more room for books. They barely have room for what they have. But $13 million is a lot of money, and I don’t know if they’ve... + más
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