Working to keep the Chicago Public Library fully funded and functioning.Tumblr (3.0; @chilibrarycoalition)http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/<p>Here are pictures of the Rogers Park Library (6907&#160;N. Clark St) Thank You book, which was put together by patrons of the library as a way to show their appreciation and support for the library.</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5tt8tlm5s1r6wemq.jpg"/></p> <p>Page 2</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5ttkhLS261r6wemq.jpg"/></p> <p>Page 3</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5ttl2kDpF1r6wemq.jpg"/></p> <p>Page 4</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5ttllXE8a1r6wemq.jpg"/></p>http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/25376765197http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/25376765197Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:49:00 -0500news“Rough economic times leave people scrambling for ideas about how to improve things. But things never improve by constricting the minds and imaginations of a city’s people. If anything, in such times we need libraries more than ever.”<br/><br/> - <em><em>Author Gina Frangello</em></em>http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18307333767http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18307333767Sun, 26 Feb 2012 03:22:52 -0600story“A library is a safe and free place for believing in Chicago. Funding cuts made to this great city organization is a strangling of a billion voices in our books, and of the people who work for and read and value the body of our knowledge. If that body is not treated as sacred we disgrace creation and every faith and lack thereof. A library is a house that keeps all of us.”<br/><br/> - <em>Fred Sasaki, Poetry associate editor</em>http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18307297041http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18307297041Sun, 26 Feb 2012 03:21:18 -0600story<a href="http://www.cityofchicago.org/content/city/en/depts/mayor/press_room/press_releases/2012/january/library_branchesopenfrom2pmto6pmonmondays.html">Library Branches Open from 2PM to 6PM on Mondays</a>: <p><em>City of Chicago, February 3, 2012</em></p>http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18307205856http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18307205856Sun, 26 Feb 2012 03:17:17 -0600news<a href="http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/rahm-emanuel-makes-cuts-to-library-system/Content?oid=5528870">The Sword Is Mightier Than the Pen</a>: <p><em>Chicago Reader, February 2, 2012</em></p>http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18307170355http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18307170355Sun, 26 Feb 2012 03:15:45 -0600news<a href="http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2012/01/opinion/editorial/a-hard-act-to-follow-editorial/">A Hard Act to Follow: Editorial</a>: <p><em>Library Journal, January 27, 2012</em></p>http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18307133725http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18307133725Sun, 26 Feb 2012 03:14:11 -0600news<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/27/us/chicagos-library-system-under-mary-dempsey-proves-that-government-cant-be-all-bad.html?_r=1">With This Library System, Government Isn’t All Bad</a>: <p><em>New York Times, January 27, 2012</em></p>http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18307111969http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18307111969Sun, 26 Feb 2012 03:13:13 -0600news<a href="http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news%2Flocal&id=8518921">New Leadership at Chicago Public Library</a>: <p><em>abclocal.com, January 26, 2012</em></p>http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18307082955http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18307082955Sun, 26 Feb 2012 03:11:56 -0600news<a href="http://www.suntimes.com/10229308-417/new-commissioner-wants-to-re-envision-what-libraries-look-like.html">New commissioner wants to ‘re-envision what libraries look like’ </a>: <p>Chicago Sun-Times, January 25, 2012</p>http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18307033499http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18307033499Sun, 26 Feb 2012 03:09:47 -0600news<a href="http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=35778">Kelly Cassidy and Linda Bubon protest library cutbacks</a>: <p>Windy City Times, January 25, 2012</p>http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18307000842http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18307000842Sun, 26 Feb 2012 03:08:20 -0600news<a href="http://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/books/15097687/mary-dempsey-resigns-as-library-commissioner">Mary Dempsey resigns as library commissioner</a>: <p>Time Out Chicago, January 25, 2012</p>http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18306966918http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18306966918Sun, 26 Feb 2012 03:06:48 -0600news<a href="http://www.suntimes.com/news/cityhall/10225685-418/analysis-why-chicago-library-commissioner-had-to-go.html">Analysis: Why Chicago library commissioner had to go - Chicago Sun-Times</a>: <p><em>Chicago Sun-Times, January 25, 2012</em></p>http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18306942640http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18306942640Sun, 26 Feb 2012 03:05:43 -0600news<a href="http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/01/25/mary-dempsey-out-as-library-commissioner-after-18-years/">Emanuel Names Tech Expert As New Library Commissioner (Video)</a>: <p><em>CBS Chicago, January 26, 2012</em></p>http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18306917938http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18306917938Sun, 26 Feb 2012 03:04:38 -0600news<a href="http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-01-25/news/ct-met-chicago-public-libraries-20120125_1_new-libraries-emanuel-administration-library-commissioner-mary-dempsey">Longtime library head resigns</a>: <p>Chicago Tribune, January 25, 2012</p>http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18306852953http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18306852953Sun, 26 Feb 2012 03:01:50 -0600news<a href="http://www.suntimes.com/10194023-417/libraries-have-become-more-than-just-a-quiet-place-to-read.html">Libraries Have Become More Than A Quiet Place to Read</a>: <p><em>Chicago Sun-Times, January 24, 2012</em></p>http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18306836265http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18306836265Sun, 26 Feb 2012 03:01:11 -0600news<a href="http://progressillinois.com/quick-hits/content/2012/01/23/library-issue-not-settled-public-employees-union">Library Issue Remains Unsettled For Public Employee Union, Community Residents</a>: <p><em>Progress Illinois, January 23, 2012</em></p>http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18306782631http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18306782631Sun, 26 Feb 2012 02:59:00 -0600news<a href="http://www.examiner.com/city-hall-in-chicago/demonstrators-protest-mayor-emanuel-s-reduction-of-chicago-public-library-hours">Demonstrators protest Mayor Emanuel's reduction of Chicago Public Library hours</a>: <p><em><a href="http://www.examiner.com">www.examiner.com</a>, January 23, 2012</em></p>http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18306751837http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18306751837Sun, 26 Feb 2012 02:57:39 -0600news<a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-demonstrators-protest-early-library-closings-20120123,0,466284.story">Demonstrators protest reduced library hours</a>: <p><em>Chicago Tribune, January 23, 2012</em></p>http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18306721397http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18306721397Sun, 26 Feb 2012 02:56:21 -0600news<a href="http://www.wbez.org/story/library-workers-protest-monday-hours-95755">Library workers protest Monday hours</a>: <p><em>WBEZ, January 23, 2012</em></p>http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18306689955http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18306689955Sun, 26 Feb 2012 02:55:00 -0600news<a href="http://www.suntimes.com/10131449-417/emanuel-to-announce-plan-to-reopen-libraries-on-mondays.html#.TxrSkSHp9Sk.facebook">Emanuel announces plan to reopen libraries on Mondays </a>: <p><em>Chicago Sun-Times, January 21 2012</em></p>http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18306663656http://chicagolibrarycoalition.org/post/18306663656Sun, 26 Feb 2012 02:53:50 -0600news