Director's Blog

Mrs. Robin Diener, Director of the Library Renaissance Project, has been instrumental in helping to win more oversight of our public library system for District residents.

Robin Diener was educated at the school of Languages and Linguistics of Georgetown University in Washington, DC and at the University of Nice, France.

In 1985, she co-founded Chapters Literary Bookstore in downtown Washington DC, which she operated for 13 years, developing a renowned international reading series featuring authors such as Nadine Gordimer, Gunter Grass, A.S. Byatt, and Umberto Eco.

In 1998, she was hired as Executive Director of the Washington Literacy Council, where she pioneered the implementation of professionalized language training for volunteer literacy tutors.

In July 2006, Ms. Diener became Director of the DC Library Renaissance Project, founded by Ralph Nader.

• Remember the libraries!!

  October 2, 2008 -- In tough times, libraries are one of the best investments of public dollars government can make.

• What if the Library Gave a Party and No One Came?

  July 30, 2008 -- DCPL hosts ANC Commissioners at King Memorial Library.

• Robin Diener's Notes on the Shaw Library Design Plans

  April 15, 2008 -- The Director of the Library Renaissance Project weighs in on the Shaw Library Designs shown on January 30, 2008.

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