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$1.6 million makeover

Richland County (S.C.) Public Library board Chair Kirby Shealy (left), US Department of Agriculture Rural Development Office Program Director Jesse Risher, and RCPL Executive Director Melanie Huggins make way for construction of the $1.6 million renovation and expansion of RCPL’s Eastover branch December 7.

Poetry slam winners

Devon Crape (left) and McKenzie Johnson show off their prizes after beating the competition in a coffee house–styled Teen Poetry Slam at Newport News (Va.) Public Library System’s Grissom branch November 19.

Indiana Black Librarians Network marks 10th year

Roland Parrish, chair and chief operating officer of the National Black McDonald’s Association, responds to a question from Marcia Smith-Woodard, immediate past president of the Indiana Black Librarian’s Network (IBLN) and special services consultant for the Indiana State Library in Indianapolis, during IBLN’s 10th Anniversary Conference on the campus of Purdue University in W

Bird prints on display

A print titled Carolina Parrot, based on a painting composed in Louisiana about 1825, is one of more than 20 original prints from John James Audubon’s “Birds of America (1827–1938),” on display November 18 at the University of Pittsburgh’s University Library System (ULS), marking its first public celebration of Audubon Day.

Authors highlight Braille Institute open house

Henry C. Chang, director of the Braille Institute Library in Los Angeles, welcomes special guests to the library’s annual open house October 21.