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Document # 8.1Board of Library Trustees MeetingJuly 24, 2013

CHIEF LIBRARIANS REPORTIn This Issue1. Adaptive Services named

Network Library of the Year

2. Salary Increase for DC Public

Library Employees

3. Tour de DCPL

4. Books and Bites

5.

Founders Online

6. Naturalization Ceremony at

Mount Pleasant

7. Libraries honored by RIBA

8. School Newsletters

9. Summer Reading Kickoff

10. DCPL Expands to Goodreads

and Pinterest

11. Sarah Dessen Author Talk

1. Adaptive Services named Network Library of the YearDC Public Librarys Adaptive Services Division was one of two libraries

named Network Library of the Year by the National Library Service for

the Blind and Physically Handicapped, a division of the Library of

Congress. A luncheon was held at the Library of Congress for the

department staff to honor their work promoting independent reading

and learning, innovative use of technology, and good customer

service.

2. Salary Increase for DC Public Library EmployeesIn June Mayor Gray announced a 3% pay increase for city employees,

including DC Public Library staff. Additional 3% increases will go into

effect in FY2015, FY2016, and FY2017. The salary increase

recognizes staff that library employees have gone without a salary

increase for several years. We are hopeful that this will be an incentive

for staff to continue to grow and flourish.

Library News Highlights July 24, 2013

Tour de DCPL Riders at Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library

3. Tour de DCPLThe fourth annual Tour de DCPL bikeride took place on June 8, 2013. 44library users explored fiveneighborhood libraries: Takoma Park,Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park,Lamond-Riggs, Woodridge, and Mt.Pleasant. Each location and theirFriends group participated in the rideby offering branch tours andrefreshments. Washingtoniana and theDC By the Book Program alsocontributed by creating Spoke Cardsand trivia for the ride featuring localhistory, and DC By the Book titles andselected passages.

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5. Founders OnlineOn June 13 Chief Librarian Ginnie Cooper attended the invitation-only launch of Founders Online

(www.founders.archives.gov) at the National Archives, hosted by Archivist of the United States David S.Ferriero. Founders Online was created through a cooperative agreement between the National Archives

National Historical Publications and Records Commission and the University of Virginia Press. The site

offers access to thousands of original records from George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander

Hamilton, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. For the first time, users can freely access

these documents, many of which have never before been published.

4. Books and BitesFor the second year, Books and Bites is

at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial

Library. Each Wednesday from

11:30AM to 2:00PM food trucks park in

front of the library. Eaters can relax at

chairs and tables under the overhangand use the librarys wireless to check

out e-materials and put items on hold.

When they are finished eating they can

pop into the library to sign up for a li-

brary card, pick up items, or use one of

the many public computers.Books and Bites at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library

6. Naturalization Ceremony atMount Pleasant

A US Citizenship and Immigration

Services (USCIS) naturalizationceremony was held for twenty immigrants

from eleven countries at the Mount

Pleasant Neighborhood Library on June

6. New citizens attended the ceremony

with their family and friends to take the

Oath of Allegiance to the United States

and to receive their Certificate of Naturali-

zation. The library was proud to be able

New US Citizens at the USCIS Naturalization Ceremony

7. Libraries receive Royal Institute of British Architects International AwardThe Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) honors outstanding work done by RIBA members outside of

the European Union. Francis A. Gregory Neighborhood Library and William O. Lockridge/Bellevue

Neighborhood Library, both designed by British architect David Ajaye of Adjaye Associates were awarded

two of the twelve awards for 2013.

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