LRP News Roll
Library Trustees March Meeting
[March 29, 2012]
Press Release: ULI’s Tentative Recommendation to Keep MLK a Library
[November 20, 2011]
Press Release: Ralph Nader Asks Mayor Gray to Appoint Citizens Task Force on MLK
[November 18, 2011]
DCPL News Roll
Library Revises Lending Period for Movies and Music
[May 18, 2012]
Two Library Employees Honored for Adult and Computer Literacy Work
[May 16, 2012]
DC Public Library Names Eva Poole Chief of Staff
[May 11, 2012]
District Students Write Writers
[May 11, 2012]
Washington Highlands and Francis A. Gregory Interim Libraries Closing
[April 30, 2012]
DCPL Events
Third Annual Bicycle "Tour de DCPL"
Join us Saturday May 19 for the Tour de DCPL and explore D.C. through your libraries!The Tour de DCPL is a library-themed bicycle ride of D.C., stopping at five DC Public Libraries. Bicycle-riding library staff and volunteers organize the ride each year as a way to promote environmentally friendly transportation and to explore how libraries connect with their communities.This year's ride begins at the Southwest Neighborhood Library - 900 Wesley Place SW. Arrive at 9 a.m. for registration, snacks and library card sign-ups!The ride will start by 9:30 a.m.Here is this year's proposed "East of the River" route:(Route is subject to change)1 - Southwest Neighborhood Library2 - Anacostia Neighborhood Library3 - Francis Gregory Interim Library + ride by site of new library4 - Dorothy I. Height/Benning Neighborhood Library5 - Southeast Neighborhood LibraryPlease register for the ride in advance.Email bikedcpl@gmail.com with any questions or for more information.
Saturday, May 19, 2012 - 9:00am at Anacostia Library, Dorothy I. Height/Benning Library, Francis A. Gregory Library, Southeast Library, Southwest Library.
Vocabulary Bee
The Friends of the Woodridge Library will host a Vocabulary Bee.
Saturday, May 19, 2012 - 10:00am at Woodridge Library.
Word I Basics
Learn basic word processing features that can help you to create letters, résumés, faxes and other documents that are used to apply for jobs. Seats will be filled on a first-come, space available basis.Instructor: K. WahlerComputer Lab, Room 311Required Skills: The ability to read and comprehend English well and the skills acquired in the PC Basics class.You will learn to: Identify and navigate the basic features and elements of the Microsoft Word window
 Execute multiple text selection techniques
 Apply basic formatting features
 Perform the Copy/Cut and Paste function
 Execute the Find and Replace and Go To features
 Explore a variety of templates for creating letters, résumés, faxes, reports, stationery and more
 Apply themes, page borders, page colors and watermarks
Please bring your own flash drive to save class documents, or send them to your e-mail account.
Saturday, May 19, 2012 - 10:00am at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library.
Naturalization Information Session
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will present an information session for immigrants interested in U.S. citizenship.Learn about:
Obtaining permanent residency
Naturalization eligibility requirements
Naturalization process
Naturalization test
The interview process, with a live mock interview
There will be time for questions and answers after the presentation, and USCIS will bring materials for those who are interested in applying for naturalization.
Saturday, May 19, 2012 - 10:00am at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library.
A Presentation on Presentations by Roger Gilbertson
Do you wish to present yourself as a dynamic person, ready to roll, to support, to inspire?Unsure how to present information clearly and effectively to your friends, colleagues and other interested parties?Are you interested in reaching out globally through YouTube and other presentation technologies -- and influencing people around the world?Whether you are a student, a CEO, or an elected official, you should expect to present yourself, your ideas and your creations, in a clear, concise and effective way.  Join Roger Gilbertson -- a rear admiral, expert generalist, artist, scientist, futures and management consultant, university faculty, political candidate and student -- for tips on how to make a great presentation.
Saturday, May 19, 2012 - 10:00am at Watha T. Daniel-Shaw Library.
Library News
District Dynamos -- You Are the Library
The District Dynamos is a network of community driven oversight groups currently focusing on DC's public library system.
 King Memorial Library Photo by Rob Goodspeed |
The neglect of the DC's library system over decades has led to a serious erosion of the physical plant and library services offered to the residents of Washington, DC.
In recent years, the DC Public Library (DCPL) system has been uplifted by the DC City Council and Mayor with an increase in funding for capital projects at the central King Memorial Library and the surrounding neighborhood branch libraries. The new funding has been directed at fixing immediate repairs at the central library and conducting more comprehensive library transformations among several branch libraries.
Currently, the Chief Librarian and Board of Library Trustees (BoLT) are directly overseeing capital library projects with subsequent oversight by city leadership who have given them the funding, DC's City Council and Mayor.
Given how important library projects are to the vitality of any neighborhood, there has been disappointment among community leaders and residents where library projects are occurring -- there are expectations of more thorough consultation with the public about how the new infusion of much needed library funding is spent.
Like Frederick Douglass explained one-hundred and fifty years ago,
"Power concedes nothing
without a demand."
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DC Public Library News Wire
Listen to what will happen when our library leadership
does not
have any comprehensive service strategy or spending plans in order
before building large and expensive new "designer" libraries ...
... from the lips of Chief Librarian Ginnie Cooper.
- Neighborhood Library Dynamos
Neighborhood library dynamos forming to protect the public interest in the DC Public library.
- Modern Day Library Issues
Information, opinion, and links about issues facing libraries gathered by Library Renaissance Project in consideration of the transformation and renewal of the DC Public Library.
- Library Renaissance Press Releases
Archive of the LRP press releases.
- Library Renaissance Reports
Reports about the DC Public Library system from the perspective of the Library Renaissance Project.
- Volunteer with the Library Dynamos
- Contact the Library Renaissance Project
- Tommy Wells to Address MLK Library Rally This Sunday Oct 2
A Rally will take place at the MLK Library on Sunday October 2 at 12:30 PM to protest the elimination of Sunday hours at the central library – the only District library open on Sundays.