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Many individuals overlook the potential of libraries to help the homeless pull their lives together. The Seattle Post Intelligencer published an article on how Seattle’s latest central library built four years ago was built with the homeless in mind. Enjoy!

Nancy Pearl keeps telling this story about the homeless man in the library, because — landmark […]

Keep in mind that all meetings are subject to date/time changes. Always check the date and time of a meeting before you attend it.

The Star Tribune published an article yesterday about the Minnetonka Library’s revamped teen area.

Libraries opening up places for teens to call their own
Jenna Ross
Before it opened, people wondered whether the Minneapolis Central Library’s space for teens — Teen Central — would sit empty.
“That was the question. Is it going to get used?” said […]

The San Francisco Chronicle published an article today about Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums’ views on crime and how he plans to tackle the issue. To read the full article click here. Otherwise, here are some excerpts:
Mayor Ron Dellums, addressing a North Oakland town hall meeting Saturday, said that while he supports hiring more police, people […]

The Record highlighted Stockton2020 on the Opinion Page yesterday. Here’s a blurb:
The members of Stockton2020, a youth-based advocacy organization, are even more ambitious.
They’ve suggested that a world-class library should be built in downtown Stockton.
They’ll present their proposal to the Downtown Stockton Alliance’s board of directors at 4 p.m. Wednesday. The meeting, at 343 E. Main […]

If you’ve visited the Chavez Central Library recently, you’ll notice or hardly notice the embarassingly limited music collection. While the early-to-mid 20th century Stockton Public Library invited patrons to engage a reputable music collection, our current central library offers less CD’s than many households in the region. We don’t need to just increase our […]

On August 12, 2007 the NY Times published and article about the formerly considered “most dangerous place on earth,” Medellin, Columbia. A place that Bibian Gomez, a local resident, remarked “You couldn’t step outside. Whenever you saw a young guy on a motorcycle you thought that he was an assassin.” In the past decade the […]

At 6:30 pm, Stockton2020 will be officially delivering its recommendations to the Planning Commission at the Civic Auditorium. We invite those who believe in Stockton2020’s mission to attend the Public Hearing and show the commissioners the strength of our concern.
Invite friends and family to attend and support Stockton’s youth to help plan the future of […]

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In order to quench the desperate thirst for knowledge of libraries Stockton2020 advocates and community members are having, I added links to 5 library advocacy resources, 24 interesting and worthy articles, and 11 stimulating reports/studies on the publications page of the site. Feel free to access those resources. If you find an web page, […]