Friday, January 22, 2010

Atlanta Emerging Librarians Event 1/28/10

The second annual Mingle with the Admins event will be hosted by the Atlanta Emerging Librarians group on January 28th, 2010. We will be meeting at Manuel's Tavern from 6-8pm.

For more information and to register, please view the invitation online.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Dekalb County Public Opens LEED Certified Branch

The new, state-of-the-art Tucker-Reid H. Cofer Library will open in January 2010. The dedication ceremony for the new facility is scheduled for Saturday, January 23 at 11:00 a.m. at the library branch's new location, 5234 LaVista Rd. (at the intersection of LaVista Road and Lawrenceville Highway in Tucker). The public is invited to join DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis, county commissioners, library trustees, administrators and staff for the ceremony, which will include a ribbon cutting, tours of the new building and refreshments.

The 25,000-square-foot building, designed by the architectural firm of Leo A. Daly and constructed by Hogan Construction Group, will hold 82,000 volumes and includes 42 public access computers, a computer lab, special areas for children and teens and a café. Service begins at the branch on Monday, January 25 at 10:00 a.m.

http://www.dekalb.public.lib.ga.us/

Monday, January 11, 2010

New Georgia Library Spotlight: Georgia Southern University

[Note: This is an archived post. This spotlight has been removed to make way for the latest spotlight.]

Check out the GLA Homepage to learn about the Zach S. Henderson Library at Georgia Southern University.

Would you like to see your library profiled on the GLA homepage? Email Sarah Steiner at ssteiner [at] gsu [dot] edu.