On Monday March 16, 2009, there was a hearing about DC's public libraries that lasted more than five hours. This is not unusual and shows the deep value libraries have in our communities.
This hearing was Chaired by Councilmember Harry "Tommy" Thomas (hthomas@dccouncil.us) with the support of the Libraries Committee clerk, Neil Rodgers (nrdogers@dccouncil.us) and is still accepting written testimony if you send an email to S. Angel Nix (snix@dccouncil.us). Unfortunately, no other Councilmembers appeared to hear witness testimony.
Mount Pleasant and other Ward One residents came out to testify.
Fay Armstrong - Historic Mount Pleasant
Historic Mount Pleasant's written testimony.
Richard Huffine - Federation of Friends President
Richard Huffine's written testimony.
Chris Otten and Robin Diener - Library Renaissance Project
Chief Librarian Ginne Cooper - explains why the outreach process is so successful
For the complete hearing video -- CLICK HERE
* Chief Librarian Cooper
Fast Forward to 3.hours 30.minutes
* John Hill, President of the Board of Library Trustees
Fast Forward to 28.minutes
The Ward One Library Coalition highly encourages you to submit written testimony for the record. You can submit testimony by email to S. Angel Nix, Committee staffer, snix@dccouncil.us, and please send a copy to the Ward One Library Coalition for our archives.
DCPL TESTIMONY
* Councilmember Thomas questions Chief Cooper and DCPL Staff
~very long, 2hours 38minutes
LIBRARY
DYNAMOS