Year: 2011

That's right! It's time once again for the dessert potluck! Admit it, you only want to eat the dessert at parties anyway. Bring dessert, eat more dessert, hang out with your bestest librarian friends! Thursday, December 15th, 2010 7pm T.B.D. 224 Franklin St, (between Eagle St & Freeman St) Greenpoint, NY

When the police cleared Zuccotti Park in the dark of the night they destroyed the People's Library along with all the other infrastructure that was in place. Thousands of books were lost or damaged, laptops were smashed, and archival materials were lost. The intrepid library working group got right back on the stick and immediately … Continue reading Occupy Wall Street Library Call in Week

November 3, 2011 In response to the flooding and damage to libraries in Upstate New York by Tropical Storms Irene and Lee, Urban Librarians Unite hosted a Library Carnival Fundraiser at the NYLA Annual Conference.  We were lucky enough to be able to raise $1000 for the NYLA Disaster Relief Fund. A big thanks to everyone who … Continue reading Library Carnival @ NYLA

  [slickr-flickr tag="OWS library" items="9"] At 1AM on Tuesday November 15th police forces converged on and cleared Zucotti Park in the interest of “public safety”. The choice of time is telling, the Mayor’s office has said that it was to “minimize disruptions for the neighborhood” and in the interest of the safety of the protesters … Continue reading First They Came for The Library…

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