Middlesex County Law Library Moves to Woburn

The Middlesex Law Library opened its doors in Woburn after completing a move from Cambridge. The library is located on the third floor at 200 TradeCenter, the new site of the Middlesex Superior Court. -- http://www.mass.gov/courts/middlesex-library-move.html

Easton’s librarian has seen the world

"While for some the term librarian conjures up images of an older woman meekly stamping and recording which books are checked out, for Annalee Bundy, the executive director of the Ames Free Library, her career has been anything but quiet and boring." -- Easton Journal - Raynham,MA. Full Story at: http://tinyurl.com/5d6hns

‘We could not have asked for any better’

"Retired Library Director Mary Jane Pillsbury has praised her staff at the Wareham Free Library for treating library patrons like royalty. Yet she was the one receiving the royal treatment Sunday as family, friends and colleagues came to pay tribute to the woman who had a vision of a full service library in Wareham and whose hard work and dedication brought that vision to life." -- Wicked Local Wareham. Full story at: http://tinyurl.com/5djnkc

Across US, schools feel budget pinch

Slashed funding and rising costs are forcing school districts to cut back, even close down. -- Christian Science Monitor. Full story at: http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0625/p01s01-usgn.html

A wild summer at the library

"School’s out, and it’s going to be a wild summer at the Wellesley Free Library. The library is participating in a statewide reading program, “Wild Reads,” that enables children of all ages to keep track of what they’re reading this summer — online." -- Wellesley Townsman. Full Story here: http://tinyurl.com/4jzaur