Sentences with phrase «library officials»

That means the nearly 5,000 kids whose cards had been «blocked» can continue borrowing books, library officials said today.

The review questioned whether library officials provided adequate financial management.

Last month, the council surprised library officials with an action to reconsider its previous approval of an $ 18.6 million budget for a 93,000 - square - foot facility after questions were raised about book and equipment purchases.

Joined by library officials and fellow state lawmakers, Senator Kennedy announced the state has directed $ 617,970 in construction and improvement grants to the Downtown Central Library, as part of the overall award of $ 740,000 to a total of four libraries in the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System.

Senator George Latimer, Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, and Assemblyman Tom Abinanti were joined by several regional Westchester County library officials to announce the repeal of the MTA Payroll Tax for New York P

State library officials hope to eventually have 70 percent of public libraries in North Carolina using Cardinal.

Park and library officials began negotiating the land swap in 1998, after the library board concluded that the library's portion of Wilder Park is not big enough to hold a second addition to the 1860s mansion and enough parking for patrons.

ELMHURST — The Library board of trustees has formally approved a deal that will give the Park District 94,000 square feet of land in the center of Wilder Park, including the Wilder Mansion now used as the library building, in exchange for 35,000 square feet of vacant land in the northwest corner of the park, where library officials will put up a new building.

The City Council has directed both bodies to work together toward a plan for a joint recreation campus on a 13 - acre parcel of Park District property along 95th Street, but library officials fear a combined venture will further hinder the plans they have for a big new library near Neuqua Valley High School.

Nonetheless, City Council members asked library officials to come back in 60 days after investigating the feasibility of partnering with the Park District to build a campus on the city's south side.

Naperville Park District and library officials met Tuesday night to debate whether plans for a third library near Neuqua Valley High School should be scrapped in favor of a multipurpose recreational campus on the southwest side.

But after some council members got cold feet, that plan was shelved and library officials moved forward with plans for their own facility, at a cost of about $ 15 million.

Although library officials agreed the revised library plan would free up some dollars, they said that because a loan agreement would hinge on the entire site agreement, the long - delayed library construction could be jeopardized again if the deal collapses.

Just days after the City Council agreed to explore the latest site proposal for a campus near 95th Street that would be shared by the Library District and Park District, city and library officials believe the Park District has backed out, citing high interest rates on a deal that was contingent on the Park District receiving a $ 2 million loan from the city.

If all goes as planned, he said he sees library officials breaking ground next spring and the third library opening in August 2002.

The City Council agreed to hold off until June 20 before deciding whether they will give library officials the requested $ 18.6 million to construct the facility on Park District - owned land on the south side of 95th Street, west of Neuqua Valley High School.

They also postponed a decision to sell 3 acres on the east side of the high school, land that the city owns that was originally earmarked for the library until the council directed library officials to investigate the larger piece of park land to the west.

The City Council's appeal, which called for looking into a possible land swap or lease of nearby Park District land, sent library officials reeling.

But last week, library officials approved one of several plans presented by architects from Philips Swager Associates.

After months of negotiations, Park District and library officials presented the City Council with the latest plan to construct a library and a Park District facility on 13 acres on 95th Street west of Neuqua Valley High School.

Under the plan presented Tuesday, the third library has been scaled back to the 73,000 - square - foot facility library officials first proposed in January.

For us to be able to do that, this loan makes that feasible,» said Park District Commissioner Scott McKibbin, who served on the subcommittee of parks and library officials who devised the latest proposal for the 95th Street site.

Arlington Heights library officials say one factor in this year «s crowded race is a flap over the board «s short - lived policy of allowing youngsters access to R - rated movies without their parents «consent.

The patronizing tone of many of the stated reasons for the ban of Fifty Shades — in addition to the fact that many library officials admitted to not having read the book — made me wonder about some of the unspoken judgments.

The council tabled the motion until Tuesday, but library officials said they will ask to keep the matter on the table until at least June 20 so they will have more time to study the latest developments.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY — Senator George Latimer, Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, and Assemblyman Tom Abinanti were joined by several regional Westchester County library officials to announce the repeal of the MTA Payroll Tax for New York P

Cardinal adds four or five new library systems each year — slow growth that allows state library officials to help with each launch.

Park District and library officials will meet with the City Council next week.

Now, library officials are revisiting the notion of their own facility near the original proposed site.

Final details of an agreement between the Naperville Park District and the Library Board are close to being ironed out, according to library officials.

According to city and library officials, the Park Board has not met to discuss any kind of backup option to the loan proposal.

Park District and library officials have been negotiating for months on how the two agencies could share the 13 - acre space in a campus - like environment.

Park District and library officials have been negotiating for months how the two agencies could share the 13 - acre space in a campus - like environment.

But the Park District has yet to identify a specific use for such space, holding up the progress of a new library design, according to library officials.

After weeks of sometimes pointed discussion with Park District officials over a potential joint venture to build a recreational facility at Frontier Park on Naperville's southwest side, library officials are ready to make their final recommendations to the Naperville City Council.

«Moving this to a site that would allow for expansion is necessary,» Rosenthal said, adding that library officials should consider the park location even if switching the site causes a delay in construction.

The idea for the partnership was proposed last summer, but had been dismissed by library officials in November because of the status of the project, library officials said.

But recently, library officials have seen a dip in the circulation of children's materials at the 95th Street branch, and they have shifted staff at all the community's libraries to accommodate what seem to be the bigger populations today: teens and seniors.

Now that the Naperville City Council has given its verbal — and financial — blessing to build the city's third library on the southwest side, library officials are forging ahead with an ambitious time line to open a 93,000 - square - foot recreation campus that it will, at least temporarily, share with the city's Park District by the fall of 2002.

Since then, Park District and library officials have determined that two separate buildings would better serve the city's south side.

More important, according to village and library officials, the new site will triple the parking space.

The project is designed to promote the pleasures of reading along with outreach activities, such as paperback book exchanges and participation in events such as the Farmers Market, Alpine Days and the Ela Festival of the Arts, library officials said.

The Zoning Board tabled the Park District proposal until its Dec. 3 meeting, by which time park officials hope to have reached an intergovernmental agreement with library officials.

The novels about the amateur girl detective were not, in library officials» view, worthy of their young readers» time and attention.

The hotter the cover image, the longer the holds list, according to library officials.

Anticipating a flood of library patrons who received e-readers as holiday gifts, the New York Public Library will offer a free service for instructing users how to download e-books, library officials said.

Two others — Random House and HarperCollins — impose prices or circulation limits that make e-books impractical for libraries to acquire, library officials say.