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New
and Renovated library openings around the state
Logan
Heights Branch Library Ground Breaking
Jerry
Sanders, Mayor of San Diego, address ground breaking
crowds for the new Logan Heights Branch Library.
Background: Carl Cohn (San Diego Unified School District
Superintendent); Denise Moreno Ducheny (State Senator,
District 40); Bessie Condos (California State Library);
Ben Hueso (City of San Diego Councilmember District 8);
Judith A. Harris (Library Foundation President).
[Photo courtesy City of San Diego]
The San Diego
Public Library held a ground breaking ceremony for the new
Logan Heights Branch Library on Thursday, November 08.
The new library, a recipient of a Bond Act of 2000 grant, will
be located on an elementary school ground and adjacent to
a middle school, and will be a two story 25,000
square foot library that will replace a 3,697 square
foot library that was built in 1927. It will be a
major cultural center for the predominantly Hispanic
Community with a 300 seat "Centro Cultural"
community room.
For complete
details about the Logan Heights Branch Library
construction project, please visit their page on the
California State Library website.
Breaking
ground for the new Logan Heights Branch Library of
the San Diego Public Library (left to right) Jim Dawe
(past chair of the Library of California Board and former
chair of the San Diego Public Library Board of
Commissioners); Bessie Condos (California State Library);
Carl Cohn (San Diego Unified School District
Superintendent); Denise Moreno Ducheny (State Senator,
District 40); Ben Hueso (City of San Diego Councilmember
District 8); Joe Gama (Associate Director of the Memorial
Academy of Learning and Technology Middle School); Anna
Tatar (San Diego Public Library Director)
.
[Photo courtesy City of San Diego]
County
of Los Angeles Public Library Ground Breaking
for Acton/Agua Dulce Public Library
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Celebrating
at the ground breaking for the new Acton/Agua Dulce Public Library are left
to right: Lee Jennings (President, Friends of the Library), Supervisor
Michael Antonovich, Kathy Howard (Past President, Friends of the Library).
[Photo courtesy County of Los Angeles Public Library]
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The County of
Los Angeles Public Library held a ground breaking event
for the new Acton/Agua Dulce Public Library on Monday,
October 29. The new library, a recipient of a Bond Act of
2000 grant, will be 10,874 square feet and is partnering
with the Acton/Agua Dulce School District.
For complete
details about the Acton/Agua Dulce Public Library
construction project, please visit their page on the
California State Library website.
Breaking
ground for the new Acton/Agua Dulce Library are left to
right: Lee Jennings (President, Friends of the Library);
John Brevidoro(donated land for the new library); Kathy
Howard (Past President, Friends of the Library); Judy
Bartlett (Friends of the Library); Supervisor Michael
Antonovich; Leona Sexton (Acton/Agua Dulce School Board);
Terri Maguire (Deputy County Librarian); Bessie Condos
(California State Library); Sandy Madsen (President,
Acton/Agua Dulce Arts Council); Alene Griffin (Friends of
the Library); Lillian Smith (Editor, Agua Dulce/Acton
Country Journal)
.
[Photo
courtesy County of Los Angeles Public Library]
Lincoln
Public Library
Mayor
Kent Nakata addresses the crowds at the opening of the new
Lincoln Public Library. In the background are staff
members left to right: Renae Mahaffey (Library Coordinator
of Carnegie Library); Katrin Olafsson (Librarian II);
Darla Wegener (Library Director); Andrea Stephenson
(Library Media Teacher); Patrick Sweeney (Library
Coordinator, Twelve Bridges); Susan Hutchins (Library
Assistant).
[Photo
courtesy City of Lincoln]
Lincoln
Public Library opened on Saturday, October 20.
Situated on a 65 acre site in the 12 Bridges Development,
the library is the first completed building of a
partnering effort between Sierra College and the Western
Placer Unified School District--other buildings will
include a high school and a satellite college campus.
The new
library, which is 37,872 square feet and
approximately 17 times larger than the 2300 square foot
Carnegie Library, is a state of the art library that
includes expanded collections for seniors,
children, teens, parents, and members of the Spanish
Community; study carrels; Homework Center; Computer Lab;
Business and Career Information Centers and a teen area
with specialized exhibits, collections, computers, and
specialized listening and viewing equipment to support
teen needs.
For complete
details about the Lincoln Public Library construction
project, please visit their page on the California State
Library website.
Ribbon
cutting event for the new Lincoln Public Library (left to
right): Jordan Knighton (NTD Architecture); Mary Anne
Kearney (Library Staff); Julie Miller (Library Staff);
Renae Mahaffey (Library Staff); Katrin Olafsson (Library
Staff); Tom Cosgrove (City of Lincoln Councilman); Leo
Chavez (Superintendent/President Sierra College); Carri
Werve (Lincoln Library Board Member); Dolores Martinez
(Lincoln Library Board Member); Spencer Short (City of
Lincoln Councilman); Mary Kennedy (Lincoln Library Board
Member); Barbara Sloan (Library Staff); Patrick Sweeney
(Library Staff); Mickey Haggard (Lincoln Library
Advocate); Melissa Borelli (Library Staff); Darla Wegener
(Library Director); Jill Loya (Library Staff); Kent Nakata
(Mayor City of Lincoln); Bessie Condos (California State
Library); Paul Carras (Western Placer Unified School
District Board Member); Scott Fischer (Librarian); James
McLeod (Western Placer Unified School District Board
Member); Linda Derosier (Library Staff); Linda Stackpole
(City of Lincoln Councilwoman); Brian Haley (Dean
Library/Learning Resource Center, Sierra College); Andrea
Stephenson (Library Media Teacher); Janice Maddox (Library
Staff); H
eather
Brophy (Library Staff); Esther Peden (Retired Library
Coordinator). [Photo courtesy City of Lincoln]
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