Topic: Libraries
Las Vegas Sun | 2009-11-18 09:05:10
<div><p> When Barbara Coleman started the African-American special collection at the West Las Vegas Library in 1999, she wanted to hold on to local history.</p><p>Ten years later that collection — a largely unknown resource in the valley — is getting national attention. The medley of books, photos, clippings and other ...
AFP European Edition | 2009-11-17 21:10:12
<div><p>Ex-Beatle and music legend Paul McCartney will receive the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, a US Library of Congress honor that has been bestowed on stars like Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder.</p><p>The prize is named for US composer brothers George and Ira Gershwin, many of whose ...
AP News | 2009-11-16 21:26:38
The bust of President Franklin D. Roosevelt is seen in front of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, in Hyde Park, N.Y. Archivists at the library are waiting for congressional action to make ...
AP News | 2009-11-10 23:34:29
<div id="subtitle">12 people charged with stealing books after $87,000 worth taken from public libraries in Md.</div><div><p>Authorities threw the book at 12 people Tuesday, accusing them of checking out pricey textbooks from a public library system outside Washington to sell for quick cash.</p> ...
