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The Toronto Public Library is reporting its busiest year ever with more than 31-million items borrowed from its branches during 2009.

TPL says the numbers jumped five per cent from the previous year, with customers borrowing a record number of books, DVDs, e-books and music files.
The use of in-branch computers also soared by 11.5 per cent […]

Stockton, CA is on many lists, and its pretty well known…but not for the right reasons. We thought being on Forbes “Most Miserable Cities” list was bad…until we became the number one city. That was bad. Not only is Stockton climbing the ladder to notoriety in the business world, but it’s violent crime rate has […]

The revitalization of public libraries has become a widespread trend that is crossing the nation as communities everywhere have begun to get involved in encouraging healthy activities and safer environments. In Cambridge, Massachusetts, Vicki Soloman put together a teen advisory board in the hope to make the Cambridge Public Library a foundation for teenagers in […]

Libraries are playing a critical role in helping people get back on their feet. They continue to report that many patrons are using library computers to prepare resumes and cover letters, find work, apply for jobs online and open e-mail accounts. Less than 44 percent of the top 100 U.S. retailers accept in-store paper […]

Newspapers and magazines around the country have been reporting the dramatic increase of library patronage in the last year. The historical role libraries have played in economically depressed times are now been witnessed once again. More than ever individuals are turning to their local libraries in search of the tools to help themselves and their […]

On November 13th at 6pm in the Global Center for Social Entrepreneurship located in Callison Hall on University of the Pacific’s campus, Stockton2020 received its first community support grant from Asera Care Hospice. The grant was for $1,000 and will be used to fund 2020’s campaign projects for the upcoming year.
This was local history in […]

The Chicago Public Library system wants to smash the stereotypical image that it is nothing more than a place where old fogies congregate and read. So the Chicago Public Library is launching a new ad campaign Nov. 17 from All Terrain/Chicago that attempts to impress upon young adults of a post-college, pre-children age that their […]

By TODD MCHALE
Burlington County Times
If you have to wait to check out a book or use the computer at the local library, blame it on the economy.
The demand for libraries has been huge over the last several months.
“There’s an old saying “when business is bad libraries do well,’ ” said Gail Sweet, director of the […]

Stockton’s annual Family Day in the Park is fast approaching! This year, it will be held at the beautiful University Park in Midtown Stockton. It will be on Saturday, September 13, 2008 from 9:30 to 3:30 pm. University Park is located between Magnolia and California streets.

Over 80 businesses and organizations are scheduled to be at […]

Many students overlook the need to use their public libraries while in high school.

Parkway High School teacher Tracy Burrell has a goal to see that every incoming ninth-grade student owns a library card.
On Aug. 12, she invited the Bossier Parish Library Aulds Branch to participate in the back-to-school kickoff for Parkway High School freshmen.
Aulds […]