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Old Central Library Expected to Soon Become a Shelter | Voice of San Diego
by Lisa Halverstadt, January 4, 2023 This post originally appeared in the Jan. 4 Morning Report. Sign up here. The city expects to welcome homeless San Diegans to sleep in its old Central Library later this month. Mayor Todd Gloria’s office said the city is preparing the long-vacant downtown library to accommodate 26 beds this…
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Libraries Find New Roles as Pandemic Lingers — Voice of San Diego
As Omicron surge slows reopening process, new online services such as portable Wi-Fi access are hot By Randy Dotinga, February 4, 2022 San Diego’s head librarian Misty Jones has a lot of numbers on her mind these days, and not just the Dewey Decimal System. Residents just besieged branches to snap up 20,000 rapid covid…
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Underfunded Libraries Are Critical Infrastructure | Opinion | Voice of San Diego
Disclaimer: I worked for 15 years at San Diego Public Library, and know of its up and down over the years, in terms of funding. There’s an unfunded ordinance, and the ordinance calls for the city to spend a minimum of 6 percent of its operating budget on libraries. Never been done… City Council leaders…
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Teacher Stuck with $1,400 Fine from Library System that Killed Fines
San Diego libraries said goodbye to overdue fees. So how did a teacher end up with a $1,400 fine? By Bella Ross 10 hours ago The model embraced by most public libraries for retrieving borrowed materials has historically been a simple one: forget to return the item, you pay the price. The San Diego Public…
