Thursday, January 3, 2013
DC Public Libraries has books that can be downloaded for free.
If you received an e-reader for Christmas — like a Nook, Kindle or iPad — the Georgetown Neighborhood Library has a class on downloading digital materials from the library catalogue this Saturday. The DC Public Library system offers e-books and other digital media through its website. If you have a library card you can temporarily download best-selling fiction and nonfiction, classic literature, self-help books and more. Get daily and breaking news alerts by signing up for our newsletter. You can reserve books as there is often a waiting list of other interested readers and the system will email you when your selection is available for download. According to an email from the Georgetown branch library: "The process can be a little …
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Which books and films were most popular in Georgetown this year?
The Georgetown Neighborhood Library offers books and mulitmedia items for adults and children alike. Patch obtained a list of the most popular items that people check out from the Georgetown library in 2012. Only two books that made the list in 2010 remained popular enough to make the list again in 2012. Check out how this year's list compares the list from 2010. Here is a list of the 10 most popular library books and DVDs in 2012 in Georgetown: Books "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" by Jeff Kinney (Fiction, Children)* "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins (Fiction, Young Adult) "In the Garden of Beasts" by Erik Larson "Paris Wife" by Paula McLain (Historical Fiction, Adult) "Charlie and Lola" by Lauren Child (Fiction, Children) "The Tigers Wife" by Tea …
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
The Georgetown Neighborhood library is one of many DC libraries to undergo renovations during Cooper's time at DCPL.
The American Institute of Architects has honored Ginnie Cooper, DC's Chief Librarian, with a 2013 Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture for her work to raise public awarenesss of neighborhood libraries through quality design. Since she began her work with the DC Public Library (DCPL) in 2006, 14 libraries have been renovated or rebuilt. The award recognizes Cooper in the public official category for "promoting design excellence." On the award announcement page, Cooper is "credited for the recent renaissance in library construction and renovation in the nation’s capital." In a prepared statement, Cooper said, “The Library has been working hard to transform buildings and services. This award helps validate that the District is …
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Monday, April 30, 2012
Do you remember the day the Georgetown Neighborhood Library went up in flames?
Five years ago, Georgetown's neighborhood library caught fire and much of its collection was lost or damaged either by the flames or water from the efforts to put out the flames. The fire started on April 30, 2007 while contractors were renovating the building. Oddly that same day the historic Eastern Market on Capitol Hill also had a devastating fire. Later investigations showed that the two fires were unrelated. The building re-opened October 18, 2010 after years of efforts by the District government and the community to raise funds and restore the neighborhood's library on the hill to its former glory. The renovation and upgrades cost nearly $18 million. At the ribbon cutting ceremony in 2010, Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans told a …
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Monday, April 2, 2012
Recently donated items from long-time residents enrich the Georgetown Neighborhood Library's Peabody Collection.
A book of matches, a telephone company newsletter, stationery from a long-since defunct neighborhood organization, these were all items recently donated to the Georgetown Neighborhood Library's Peabody Collection. These ephemera help catalogue Georgetown's evolving story, which special collections librarian Jerry McCoy spends his days piecing together bit by bit. McCoy said he received a call from an older couple who live on Q Lane in Foxhall Village. They had a few boxes of things they had saved from their years as Georgetown residents, would he want them? McCoy picked up the boxes one afternoon recently and as he went through each item, he said he thought to himself, "Oh yeah, there's some good stuff in here." There was a brochure for …
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Shaun Courtney
3:24 pm on Monday, April 30, 2012
Thanks for sharing, Anna! more ›