Category Archives: Chicago

August 30, 2010 · 10:33 pm

Chicago Deskset — ILA Pub Crawl

The Chicago Deskset will be hosting one of the four sites for ILA’s “The Hidden Secrets of Streeterville”.

Are you free Wednesday evening?  Come hang out with other librarians and the Chicago Deskset at Elephant & Castle at 160 E Huron Avenue from 8PM to 11PM.  When you see the red British phone booth you know that you have arrived.  Come out and talk about civic librarianship over a pint, or lend your taste buds to the catalogers.  We intend on cataloging each of the 16 draft imports.  Our professional commitment is so great that it drips off our chins.

Please RSVP on the Facebook event page.

On behalf of the Chicago Deskset,

Anthony Molaro

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August 20, 2010 · 1:38 am

Chicago Underground Library — Fundraiser

The Chicago Underground Library is having there first fundraiser.  You can RSVP on their Facebook Event Page

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July 12, 2010 · 5:53 pm

Chicago Public Library Under Fire

Our local Fox news affiliate ran an inflammatory and libelous assault on Chicago Public Library’s on June 28th with a piece titled “Are libraries necessary, or a waste of tax money?”  The piece was poorly done.  The reporter showed a non-circulating periodical stacks area to “show the library is not used” among other slanderous untruths.  The Commissioner, Mary Dempsey, respond with a firm but elegant response. In this beautiful crafted letter, Commissioner Dempsey refutes the reporters claim line by line.

The amazing thing about this story is that the majority of comments on the story or the Commissioner’s response seem to indicate STRONG PUBLIC support for the library.  I hope we librarians capitalize on the groundswell of support we are getting from the public’s outcry over stories like this and slashes to our budget.

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