Thanks to people who cared, rallied, funded and hyped, the John Steinbeck Library in Salinas California will not only not be closing, but might even be able to offer a few extra hours over the bare-bones minimum that people were planning to settle for. [thanks lauren]
Category: libcrisis
Save Salinas Public Library
Lincoln Cushing writes up his trip to Salinas to protest the closure of the library and show support along with other members of the Progressive Librarians Guild. Some photos by Eli as well. Other libraries are also in trouble, most recently Bedford Texas.
endangered libraries
Michael has started an Endangered Library List on his blog. Let him know if you have additions.
salinas!
At ALA Council on Wednesday, Council passed a resolution that was strongly critical of the Salinas library system closing and written by Michael McGrorty. Eventually the resolution in its final form will be online, in the meantime, the situation in Salinas is still looking pretty contentious, as are other libraries getting severely reduced hours such as the ones in Philadelphia.
Councilman Sergio Sanchez, who cast the lone vote of opposition to the libraries’ closure, said Salinas residents should practice civil disobedience and physically take over the city’s three library branches to keep them from closing. “We got to prepare for another fight,” Sanchez said. The libraries are scheduled to close this spring, sometime before June 17, the last day library employees can work.
as Salinas goes, so it goes @ your library
Salinas California is going to be the largest city in the US without a public library, setting a bad trend, I think. Mike McGrorty has a few suggestions of how to help. [thanks dsdlc]