First library in Berkeley opened in 1893 with 264 books Rose Shattuck donated site of her old rose garden for library in 1905 John Galen Howard designed the original building built at Kittredge and Shattuck Andrew Carnegie donated $40,000 to build the structure In 1934, James Plachek designed building that is now called Central Placheck [...]
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New designs on Berkeley libraries
The Berkeley Public Library is redesigning three of its outposts — the South Branch library on Russell and MLK Way, the Claremont library on Benvenue at Ashby and the North Branch on The Alameda (above) — and is holding meetings where the public can see the designs the assigned architectural teams have come up with. On Wednesday [...]
The Berkeley Wire: 1.11.10
Photo by Epanastasi/Berkeleyside Flickr pool] Arthur Rosenfeld turns off the (energy efficient) lights [LA Times] Jana Bouc sketches Berkeley’s Public Library [Jana's Journal] God agrees with you in Berkeley: a visit to our city [Philip Greenspun] Daren Fields named interim director of city health department [Daily Planet]
Library’s new Encore
The Berkeley Public Library has just launched a new search interface it calls Encore. That sounds trivial, I know, but it’s really a powerful research tool that greatly expands the utility of the library’s databases. At first, Encore seems as if it just presents library catalog searches with improved graphics (it shows book covers, for [...]
Walk on the wild side
Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground is about as New York as anything can be. But tonight at the Berkeley Central Library you can imagine yourself in a different downtown. At 6:30 this evening, Richie Unterberger will be presenting rare film of the Velvet Underground and talking about his book, White Light/White Heat: The Velvet Underground [...]
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