Jean Durham was cleaning out her study recently when she came across a copy of Sir Walter Scott’s Lady of the Lake. Her mother had checked out the book in 1945 and was supposed to return it. It never happened.
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17th Berkeley Public Library Authors’ Dinner raises over $313,000 for the library
The annual fundraising event this year honored a diverse group of nearly 30 Bay Area authors who are seen to enrich and enliven the local community.
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Breaking: Jeff Scott resigns as Berkeley library director
Jeff Scott: resigned as director of Berkeley Public Library, effective Sept. 8 The Berkeley Public Library announced Monday that Jeff Scott has officially resigned from his position as director of library services. The move comes just 10 months after Scott took the position, in November 2014. The resignation is effective Sept. 8. Scott’s abrupt departure comes in the […]
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Performance of Berkeley’s library director under fire at meeting of library trustees
Jeff Scott, far left at table, talks to members of BOLT before an Aug. 26 meeting. The BOLT member are, from left to right, Winston Burton, Abigail Franklin, Julie Holcomb, and Darryl Moore. Jim Novosel was absent. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel More than 40 people expressed concern about the actions of the Berkeley Library director at […]
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Berkeley library director admits vast discrepancies in numbers of weeded books
At a July protest about the deaccessioning process, retired librarian Pat Mullan (center left in brown jacket) encouraged protesters to check out books from the Central Branch of the Berkeley Public Library to save them from weeding. Photo: Francesca Paris At a July protest about the deaccessioning process, retired librarian Pat Mullan (center left in brown jacket) […]
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Obscure and popular books part of Berkeley library weeding process
Berkeley’s Central Library on Kittredge Street: its collection is being weeded and not everyone is happy and how it’s being done. Photo: Kaia Diringer When librarians from the Berkeley Public Library were examining books that had not been checked out for three years to determine which ones to keep and which to discard, they reviewed […]
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Protesters rally, check out books to make clear concerns over weeding at Berkeley Central Library
Retired librarian Pat Mullan (center left in brown jacket) encourages protesters to check out books from the Central Branch of the Berkeley Public Library to save them from weeding on July 14, 2015. Photo: Francesca Paris By Francesca Paris A crowd of around 30 people gathered at the front of the Central Branch of the […]
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Library fans voice concerns over weeding of books
Berkeley’s Central Library on Kittredge Street: its collection is being weeded and not everyone is happy and how it’s being done. Photo: Kaia Diringer Berkeley’s Central Library on Kittredge Street: its collection is being weeded and not everyone is happy and how it’s being done. Photo: Kaia Diringer An orchestrated clearing out of books at the […]
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Berkeley artist Vita Wells makes books fly at main library
‘Flights of Mind,’ by Berkeley artist Vita Wells, will be on display to the public through Feb 24 at the central library. Photo: Kaia Diringer ‘Flights of Mind,’ by Berkeley artist Vita Wells, will be on display to the public through Feb 24 at the central library. Photo: Kaia Diringer Berkeley artist Vita Wells‘s newly installed work, […]
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Berkeley Central Library gets a mini-makeover
It was gray and rainy in Berkeley on Wednesday, but the Central Library provided a welcoming retreat. On the third floor, along a row of magazines, a handful of people sat in tawny leather chairs, reading books, glancing at computer screens, or talking quietly with friends. They were taking advantage of a newly installed seating […]
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Berkeley Library Foundation honors local authors
Hundreds of people crowded into a gorgeously decorated Berkeley Main Library on Saturday night to toast local authors. The honorees included Michael Chabon, Michael Lewis, Geoffrey Nunberg, Michelle Richmond, Alison Gopnik, Alan Black, Minal Hajratwala, Daniel Mason, Molly Katzen, Katie Hafner, Tamin Ansary, Andrew Beahrs, Sylvia Brownrigg, Ernest Callenbach, Novella Carpenter, Charlie Haas, and many […]
