Denver Public Libraries

Does The Public Library Still Serve A Purpose?

AP | By KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Denver Public Library, Library Budget Cuts, Libraries in Crisis, Denver News, Budget Cuts, Library, New York Public Library Funding Cut 2011, Books, Economic Crisis, Denver Public Libraries, City Libraries, Video, Dpl, Pl, Budget Cuts for Libraries, Public Libraries, Public Library Funding, Denver News

DENVER -- A century after the nation's library building boom, public libraries are under siege: plunging tax revenues are forcing closures and staff c...

Read Whole Story

It's Easier to Vote in Colorado Than to Get a Denver Library Card (VIDEO)

Kelly Maher | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Denver Public Libraries, Whosaidyousaid, Utility Bill, Voter Fraud, 2010 Elections, Identification, Voting, Libraries in Crisis, Video, Denver News
Kelly Maher

Colorado is among the states that doesn't require a picture I.D. to vote. So I took my apartment utility bill to my voting location in Denver today an...

Read Post

It's Wednesday Night, What Meeting Am I in?

Chantal Unfug | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Government, Parks and Recreation, Community Organizing, Denver Parks, La Alma Neighborhood Denver, Denver Public Libraries, Public Libraries, Denver Public Schools, Byers Library, Outdoor Exercise, Outdoors, Denver News
Chantal Unfug

At the discussion about the Byers Library, or the session about Lake Middle School, the anger was the same, the distrust of the bureaucracy was the same, and the total exasperation was the same.

Read Post

Hickenlooper Removes $910,000 From Budget Cuts After Pressure From City Council; Library To Stay Open

Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Judy Monero, Denver Public Libraries, Libraries in Crisis, Denver Budget, John Hickenlooper, Denver Library, Byers Library Denver, Denver News

In a press release this morning, Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, announced that the city would eliminate $910,00 from budget cuts that had been propos...

Read Whole Story

Denver Library Closing: Tempers Fly At Local Town Hall

Denver Daily News | Gene Davis | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Denver Public Libraries, Denver Budget, Judy Montero, John Hickenlooper, Denver, Denver News

A standing-room-only crowd packed the Byers branch library over the weekend to vocalize their opposition to a proposed budget-cutting plan that would ...

Read Whole Story

Denver Budget Cut Backlash: Opposition Organizes To Oppose Library Closing

The Denver Daily News | Gene Davis | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Denver Public Libraries, Libraries in Crisis, Judy Montero, Denver Budget, John Hickenlooper, Denver, Denver News

Mayor John Hickenlooper's proposed 2010 budget might call for the closure of the Byers branch library, but the library's customers and one fired up co...

Read Whole Story