Chicago Public Library

Library Head Resigns As Battle Over Layoffs, Hours Continues

Posted 01.25.2012

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The woman at the helm of the Chicago Public Library system for the past 18 years has resigned from her post in the midst of ongoing disputes over staf...

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Should Chicago Library Workers Skip Raises To Keep Branches Open On Mondays?

Posted 01.12.2012

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The labor union representing city librarians balked at a suggestion made by two powerful Chicago aldermen this week that they should forego their cont...

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Chicago Libraries And The Battle Between Rahm Emanuel, Unions

Posted 01.10.2012

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When the Chicago Public Library announced via Facebook that nearly all branches would be closed Monday, it raised a few eyebrows. After all, there was...

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City Library's Regional Branches Now Closed On Mondays

Posted 01.05.2012

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The Chicago Public Library announced via its Facebook page Wednesday that, apparently effective immediately, all of its branch locations, save two plu...

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Time To End Silence In Public Libraries?

The Huffington Post | Lucas Kavner | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Libraries in Crisis, Chicago Public Library, Books, Public Libraries, Library Funding, Video Games, Susan Hildreth, Institute for Museum and Library Services, Loud Libraries, Hartford Public Library, Books News

As public libraries continue their quest to stay relevant in the wake of cuts to their funding and decreased popularity, some are greatly altering the...

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Librarians To Mayor Emanuel: 'We Shall Not be Shushed!'

Posted 12.31.2011

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More than 100 city librarians, community members and other Chicago Public Library supporters gathered outside Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office in City Hall...

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CPL's Bar Lounge Aims To Make Libraries Cool Again

| Lauren Drell | Posted 10.24.2011

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If the last time you saw your library card was senior year of high school, then there’s a good chance it’s still tucked away in your "East of Eden...

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West Humboldt Park Library Named After Ex-Mayor Daley

Posted 09.28.2011

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Former Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley made a rare public appearance on Thursday, showing up at a West Humboldt Park library which was named in his hon...

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Cool Ways To Beat The Heat In Chicago

| Ashley Henshaw | Posted 09.24.2011

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At this point, it's getting a little hard to remember why we're supposed to love the summer heat so much. We know that snow and sleet were here just a...

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10 Great Places To Take Library Tours

usatoday.com | Posted 06.08.2011

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Forget stereotypes about libraries. You're likely to find art exhibits, lounge chairs and free Wi-Fi. Monday marks the start of National Library Week,...

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PHOTOS: Harold Washington Library, One Of The Most Beautiful In America

Posted 05.25.2011

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This week, the culture website Flavorpill came out with a collection of the ten most beautiful public libraries in America. To the surprise of no one...

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When Youth Own the Public Education Agenda

Mimi Ito | Posted 05.25.2011

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Imagine what it would mean to think of public education as a mission shouldered not only by schools, but also by a wide range of public institutions committed to knowledge and learning?

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Producing Sparks of Learning

Marsha L. Semmel | Posted 05.25.2011

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For many of us, sparks of learning happened not only in the classroom, but in a garden, a park, and especially in a library or museum.

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Chicago Public Library Teams Up With Book Bike For A Happy Ending

Chicagoist | Posted 05.25.2011

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After all the drama last week over the fate of Gabriel Levinson's Book Bike, cooler heads have prevailed and we now have a happy ending. The Chicago P...

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More Nostalgia!

Brian Dickie | Posted 05.25.2011

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Director Peter Sellars is a visionary, an enlightening educator, and a man of peace. And of course he can also be the court jester. He displayed all the above, and a good more besides, this evening.

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Fox Chicago Report Suggests That Libraries Are A Waste Of Taxpayer Money

Posted 05.25.2011

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In a provocative six-minute segment, Fox Chicago News sparked a debate that is catching fire nationwide: with the city facing a serious budget shortfa...

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Transportation, Schools, Culture At Risk In Budget Crisis

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Like a frog in a gradually warming pot of water, not everyone notices the trouble brewing. But budget problems have already hurt the Chicago area's wa...

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Patti Smith In Chicago: Music Legend Discusses Her New Book, Robert Mapplethorpe

HuffPost Eyes&Ears Local | Marilyn Soltis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chicago native and "grandmother of punk rock" Patti Smith spoke at the Harold Washington Library Sunday about her new book "Just Kids," a memoir of he...

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Police Stations To Open In Chicago Libraries

Chicago Sun Times | Mary Wisniewski | Posted 05.25.2011

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A police station in a library? Yes. Residents of the Southwest Side's Clearing neighborhood will now be able to go to the library to fill out police ...

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The Total Is More Than the Sum of the Parts ...

Brian Dickie | Posted 05.25.2011

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One of the great pleasures of working in a city with as many fine institutions as Chicago has is collaboration. One is Chicago Opera Theater's post-graduate performance diploma at the Chicago College of the Performing Arts.

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Weekend Off?

Brian Dickie | Posted 05.25.2011

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Their utterly delightful, spectacles and all, Marian/Galatea was Amy Conn. The show is worth it for her alone. But for much else as well.

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Library Circulation Jumps 30 Percent

Chicago Sun-Times | MARY WISNIEWSKI | Posted 05.25.2011

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Here's a silver lining in the economic recession -- Chicago Public Library circulation has spiked 30 percent in the past year....

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Library Circulation Soars

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barnes & Noble, Best Buy and Blockbuster's loss is the Chicago Public Library's gain. Circulation of library materials during the first nine months o...

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Tom Wolfe: Neither McCain Nor Obama Has "The Right Stuff"

Greg Boose | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wolfe quickly responded: "I'm voting for John Silber, a write-in vote."

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