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[frymasterspeck]

Some PPL folks cane to one of my web 2.0 drop-in sessions at New Commons and they're really great peeps. They're on Twitter, and they blog.

[Frankie811]

The Providence Public Library Board of Trustees has voted to shutter five of the library’s nine branches next summer.


Mayor David N. Cicilline said yesterday that he opposes the Providence Public Library’s proposal to close five neighborhood branches, a turnaround from Thursday when one of his appointees said at a public meeting that the city would support the plan, with conditions.

[Frankie811]

Group says it can cut costs at Providence library branches and maintain quality

A new nonprofit organization that is proposing to take over the city’s nine neighborhood library branches says that it can save more than $2 million and still offer the same services.

[Mr Tibbles]

This is copy/pasted from another local forum:

A group of concerned library users have formed a new non-profit called the Providence Community Library (PCL). The PCL is asking the city to give them the money allocated to operate the libary branches and they will keep all nine branches open with at least the same level of service.
  
Sound good?  Want to help keep your neighborhood branch open? Show your support by signing a petition here:
  
http://www.petitiono...b/petition.html
  
and learn more about the Providence Community Library here:
  
http://www.providenc...itylibrary.org/
  
They are also sponsoring a community forum this Thursday, January 15th, at 7PM at the Rochambeau Library, 708 Hope Street.

[Frankie811]

Forums to debate future of city library system

Representatives of the organization proposing to take over the city branch library system and the one that currently operates the system will speak at a series of public forums at local branches to explain their plans for the coming fiscal year.

[Garris]

Frankie811, on Feb 3 2009, 09:51 AM, said:

Forums to debate future of city library system

Representatives of the organization proposing to take over the city branch library system and the one that currently operates the system will speak at a series of public forums at local branches to explain their plans for the coming fiscal year.

Can someone explain this issue to me in simple terms?  I thought this was fixed a year or two ago with some big summit of stakeholders, a mediation, and a report with suggestions.  Why are we back here again?

- Garris
Greater City Providence Urbanism Blog
http://www.gcpvd.org

[Frankie811]

Garris, on Feb 3 2009, 03:18 PM, said:

Can someone explain this issue to me in simple terms?  I thought this was fixed a year or two ago with some big summit of stakeholders, a mediation, and a report with suggestions.  Why are we back here again?

- Garris
Greater City Providence Urbanism Blog
http://www.gcpvd.org

Agreement between city, library group stalls

The fate of the community’s library system remains uncertain now that the March 1 target date for a determination by the city on its future has come and gone.

http://www.projo.com...17.36aa66a.html

[Frankie811]

City, group work on transfer of libraries. urrently, Providence Public Library, a long-established nonprofit agency, runs the nine branches and the main downtown library with money from the city and the state.

http://www.projo.com...13.36af15e.html