The JP Branch Library Task Force appointed by Mayor Menino has agreed on a master plan proposal for renovating and expanding the branch. A report outlining the plan should be finalized at the Task Force’s December meeting, after which the report will be available for review and comments by the public at the library [...]
The JP Friends are sponsoring an afternoon Poetry Reading, in conjunction with the JP Poets Group, in memory of Joan Goodwin, longtime secretary to the Friends of the JP Library. The event details:
Date: Sunday, January 21, 2007
Time: 2-4 p.m.
Location: The historic Loring-Greenough House, 12 South Street, JP (www.lghouse.org).
Refreshments [...]
The Jamaica Plain Branch Library’s Holiday Celebration will be on Thursday, December 14 from 6-8 p.m. We’ll have food, fun, and crafts at 6 p.m., followed by Winter Holiday Tales told by Tim Van Egmond at 7 p.m. Please come celebrate the holidays and meet our new branch librarian, James Morgan.
As most of you know by now, Alice Roberts, our head librarian for the past 18 years, recently accepted the position of branch librarian at the Roslindale Branch. Her replacement has been named and our new librarian is going to be James Morgan.
James comes from the Reader’s and Information Department at Copley Square. [...]
The Friends are pleased to make the following purchases for the Jamaica Plain Branch Library in 2006
Over $1,500 in audio-visual materials
Books on local students’ summer 2006 school reading lists ($300)
A new paperback book rack ($535)
A new magazine display and storage rack ($615)
A die-cutter and dies for the children’s librarian to use in making children’s craft [...]