Berkeley Library Foundation honors local authors
Hundreds of people crowded into a gorgeously decorated Berkeley Main Library on Saturday night to toast local authors. The honorees included Michael Chabon, Michael Lewis, Geoffrey Nunberg, Michelle...
View ArticleBerkeley settles contentious library lawsuit
The South Branch of the Berkeley Public Library: reconstruction will likely stay on schedule following settlement The city of Berkeley has reached an agreement with Concerned Library Users over a...
View ArticleDates set for reopening of North and Claremont branches
Claremont Branch Library from the Ashby side: renovations are nearing completion. Photo: Tracey Taylor The renovated North Branch of the Berkeley Public Library will reopen on April 7, and the...
View ArticleGleaming new North Branch Library to open Saturday
The exterior of the newly renovated North Branch Library with new seating. Photo: Nancy Rubin Workers were busy putting the finishing touches on the renovated North Branch Library last week in...
View ArticleRenovated Claremont library branch opens Saturday
The refurbished Claremont Library will reopen to the public on Saturday May 5. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel After a year of construction, the refurbished Claremont Branch of the Berkeley Public Library...
View ArticleNew South Branch library to open in Berkeley on Saturday
The entrance to the new South Branch library on MLK Jr. Way at Russell St. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel It was four days to D-Day and the place was hopping. Painters rolled on a last coat of paint. IT...
View ArticleLocal stars come out for the Berkeley Public Library
Mickey Hart and Joel Selvin at the Berkeley Public Library Foundation Authors’ Dinner on Saturday Feb. 9. Photo: Richard Friedman By Mal Warwick Who knew? Former Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart isn’t...
View ArticleBerkeley artist Vita Wells makes books fly at main library
‘Flights of Mind,’ by Berkeley artist Vita Wells, will be on display to the public through Feb 24 at the central library. Photo: Kaia Diringer Berkeley artist Vita Wells‘s newly installed work, Flights...
View ArticleBerkeley library director Jeff Scott was not a ‘good fit’
Berkeley’s Central Library on Kittredge Street: the weeding of its collection proved controversial and eventually contributed to the resignation of library director Jeff Scott on Aug. 31, 2015 . Photo:...
View ArticleLibrary elevates deputy director; delays selection of permanent head
Library directors want to bring in an independent consultant to examine why the institution has been so troubled recently, including having three directors in just a few years. The post Library...
View ArticleBerkeley Public Library expands STEM programming; now you can check out...
Patrons can watch the night sky in a portable planetarium show, learn about urban farming, or take virtual-reality tours through the International Space Station or the human body. The post Berkeley...
View ArticleBerkeley Library Foundation honors local authors
Hundreds of people crowded into a gorgeously decorated Berkeley Main Library on Saturday night to toast local authors. The honorees included Michael Chabon, Michael Lewis, Geoffrey Nunberg, Michelle...
View ArticleBerkeley settles contentious library lawsuit
The city of Berkeley has reached an agreement with Concerned Library Users over a lawsuit the group filed to stop the demolition and rebuilding of the South and West branches of the Berkeley Public...
View ArticleDates set for reopening of North and Claremont branches
The renovated North Branch of the Berkeley Public Library will reopen on April 7, and the remodeled Claremont Branch will open shortly thereafter, on May 5, library officials announced Saturday night....
View ArticleGleaming new North Branch Library to open Saturday
Workers were busy putting the finishing touches on the renovated North Branch Library last week in anticipation of its grand reopening on Saturday, April 7 at 1:00 pm. The library has been closed for...
View ArticleRenovated Claremont library branch opens Saturday
After a year of construction, the refurbished Claremont Branch of the Berkeley Public Library will reopen Saturday May 5 at 1 pm with music, food, and greetings by a host of dignitaries. “We’re so...
View ArticleLocal stars come out for the Berkeley Public Library
By Mal Warwick Who knew? Former Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart isn’t just a musician. It turns out he’s also a musicologist of considerable note, and he’s collaborating with neurologists to conduct...
View ArticleBerkeley artist Vita Wells makes books fly at main library
Berkeley artist Vita Wells‘s newly installed work, Flights of Mind, spans three levels of the atrium of Berkeley’s main Public Library, and it literally makes books fly. The installation features some...
View ArticleNew South Branch library to open in Berkeley on Saturday
It was four days to D-Day and the place was hopping. Painters rolled on a last coat of paint. IT guys fiddled with computer wire while architects strolled around looking for last minute glitches....
View ArticleBerkeley library director Jeff Scott was not a ‘good fit’
Berkeley Library Director Jeff Scott was not forced out of his job but decided to resign after a conversation with Abigail Franklin, the chair of the Board of Library Directors, in which they both...
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