The elves in the Mayor’s Office were busy today. If you sent an email/letter regarding the potential closure of the neighborhood branch libraries, you probably received a form response (at least to those of us regarding the North End Branch Library). Cutting to the chase, there is a key sentence that is bad news for Read More…
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North End Branch Library – By The Numbers
The Boston Public Library issued the data that it will be using in evaluating potential branch closures. (BPL press release along with their Measures and Definitions and the spreadsheets of the BPL Data.) Depending on how you look at it, the data has mixed implications for the North End Branch. The circulation and public use Read More…
Citywide Rally to Support the Neighborhood Library Branches on Sunday March 28th
A timely rally is being organized to support the neighborhood branches of the Boston Public Library, with support for the North End Library Branch. The event is Sunday, March 28th at 12:00 pm as part of the Citywide Friends rally at the Central BPL Library in Copley Square. The Friends of the North End Branch Read More…
Update – Boston Public Library Budget Crisis & Potential Branch Closures
There continues to be quite a bit of activity regarding the budget crisis and potential branch closures of the Boston Public Library. Here are a few items of interest. First, is a note from the President of the Friends of the North End Branch Library: “Thanks to all our neighbors who are rallying for the Read More…
Friends of the NE Branch Library Present at NEWRA Meeting
Friends of the North End Branch Library presented at this week’s North End/Waterfront Residents’ Association(NEWRA) to update the neighborhood on the library’s activities and the latest news on the budget crisis that may lead to the closure of some branches in the Boston Public Library system. President, Robin Ardito, and Paula Luccio, Vice-President started off Read More…
Letter Writing Campaign to Preserve the North End Branch Library
Ok folks, it is time for a grass roots, neighborhood effort to tell the “powers-that-be” to preserve the North End Branch Library. As a result of its budget crisis, the Boston Public Library is looking to close many of its 26 neighborhood branches. Because we have one of the smaller physical book collections, the circulation Read More…
Boston Public Library Hearing – Live Tweeting
Plenty of folks are tweeted from the Tuesday afternoon Boston Public Library Trustee meeting regarding the budget and the possible closure of branches. As far as I can tell, there was no vote or any specific branch announcements. Scroll through the tweets for the latest. Universal Hub’s Adam Gaffin sums up the hearing: Even without Read More…
Jules Aarons Exhibition Features Neighborhood Photos
Boston Public Library is currently featuring an exhibition “Man in the Street: Jules Aarons Photographs Boston 1947 – 1976” with several photos of the North End as well as other Boston neighborhoods. From the Boston Public Library: In 1997, the Boston Public Library began collecting the work of Boston photographer Jules Aarons (1921-2008),and the library Read More…
Helping the North End Branch Library
The Boston Public Library has set up a webpage regarding its budget crisis that asks for feedback and ideas. It also specifically asks for descriptions of positive attributes and community benefits of individual branches. If you wish to submit comments on the North End Branch Library, the link is: http://www.bpl.org/general/budget The next meeting of the Read More…