DCPL: Public Hearing on the "Library Transformation Act of 2006" Thursday, June 15th

From the DC Council:

COUNCILMEMBER KATHY PATTERSON, CHAIRPERSON
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, LIBRARIES AND RECREATION

ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC HEARING ON

Bill 16-734, the "Library Transformation Act of 2006"

Thursday, June 15, 2006
10:00AM

John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Council Chamber, Room 500

On Thursday, June 15, 2006, Councilmember Kathy Patterson, Chairperson of the Committee on Education, Libraries and Recreation, will hold a public hearing on Bill 16-734, the Library Transformation Act of 2006. This legislation represents the Mayor's proposal to finance and construct a new Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library at the old convention center site. The hearing will be held at 10:00 am in the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Council Chamber, Room 500.

The Committee invites the public to testify or to submit written testimony, which will be made a part of the official record. Anyone wishing to testify at the roundtable should contact Evelyn Bourne-Gould, Legislative Assistant to the Committee on Education, Libraries and Recreation, at 724-8195, or via e-mail at egould@dccouncil.us. All witnesses will be permitted a maximum of three (3) minutes for oral presentation.

If you are unable to testify at the hearing, written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record. Copies of written statements should be submitted either to the Committee on Education, Libraries and Recreation, or to Mr. Ira Stohlman, Acting Secretary to the Council, Room 5 of the Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004. The record will close on Thursday, June 22, 2006.

Here are a few links on the "Library Transformation Initiative":

• "Library Transformation Initiative: A New Chapter in DC Public Libraries"
• "The District of Columbia: A New City Center"
• Old Convention Center Site Redevelopment
• "Why DC Needs a New Library" - WaPo Letter to the Editor, 6.13.06, by Mayor Williams
• The Goodspeed Update
• DCist

Updates on Ginnie Cooper (in addition to these posts):

• "District Briefing: Public Library - Next Executive Director Is Picked" - WaPo, 5.19.06
• Raw Fisher: "A New Day for DC Libraries?" - WaPo, 5.22.06
• "New Library Head Will Face Unacknowledged Internal Woes at DCPL" - DC Library Renaissance Project Press Release, 5.23.06
• "Cooper's Pay, Record Raises Controversy in DC"- LibraryJournal.com, 5.25.06
• "New Library Chief Left N.Y. Job Early" - WaPo, 5.25.06
• "Ginnie Cooper Leaves Brooklyn Public Library to Continue Her Vision and Leadership in Washington, DC" - Brooklyn Public Library Press Release, 5.26.06