Videos: 2007 Benning Design Meeting Videos

The following list are to links of videos taken by the Library Renaissance Project at various Benning Design meetings and other related meetings from 2007.

• Videos: Library Location Issue in Benning

  The question of location has been elusive at Benning library design meetings in 2007.

• Video: Ginnie Cooper and City Interests

  On December 11, 2007, DCPL hosted another Benning library design meeting in a series of meetings to help plan the transformation of the Benning Library. Chief Librarian Cooper admits to dealing with City Interests about a possible property deal.

• Video: Benning "Hopes and Dreams" Meeting

  On July 31, 2007, DCPL hosted the first meeting in 2007 with the public about the transformation of the Benning library.

• Video: Council Hearing on Best Practices for Public-Private Partnerships

  On November 1, 2007, DC Councilmember Kwame Brown chaired a hearing on the "Best Practices of Public-Private Partnerships". The Library Renaissance Project testified and heard a commitment against sole-source contracts.

• Video: Council Hearing on Surplussing Public Property

  On November 7, 2007, Councilmember Carol Schwartz says she wants a "longer and stronger" public process to first repurposing public land than surplussing it.

• Video: Council Library Oversight Hearing

  On November 28, CM Harry Thomas, Chair of the Library Oversight Committee, hosted a hearing on the general oversight of DC's public library system (DCPL).

• Video: BOLT Meeting at Mount Pleasant Library

  On January 23, 2008, the Board of Library Trustees held a public meeting. This video highlights the last agenda item, the public comment period.

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