Library Dynamo and Other Related Publications

Here find reports, press releases, articles, and other publications regarding the DC Public Library system.

• 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.

• Articles of Interest

  Important articles archived here.

• Dynamos Live

  Dynamo Videos

• 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.

• Neighborhood Library Dynamos

  Neighborhood library dynamos forming to protect the public interest in the DC Public library.

• Task Force Recommends D.C. Library Overhaul

  “We’re five decades behind where we should be,” said task force member Terrance Lynch in the January 18 Washington Post. “Our kids are going to their grandmothers’ libraries in the computer age.”

• As the DC Public Library makes up for lost time, community expectations compound

  A funny thing happened while the District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL), already suffering from deteriorated facilities and systems, slogged through stasis (and three interim directors) after the 2003 departure of Director Molly Raphael. Mayor Anthony Williams presided over the city's economic turnaround—or, some charged, cozied up to developers—and then focused on neighborhood issues, including new resources for DCPL, in his second term.

• Blueprint for Cynicism

  This report by the DC Library Renaissance Project is issued in response to the draft Blueprint for Change released, in January 2006, by the Mayor’s Blue Ribbon Task Force on the Future of the DC Public Library System. Our report is critical of the draft Blueprint, but we acknowledge the good intentions of Task Force members, none of whom received remuneration for his or her efforts, and some of whom invested a lot of their time.

• Expert review of DCPL's proposed plans

  Several architectural and safety experts and preservationists have findings about DCPL's proposed plans.

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