Liaw state essay finalist May 6, 2008
The Library of Congress, the Texas association of School Librarians, and the Texas Center for the Book at the Dallas Public Library sponsor the contest. The winning entry receives a prize of $100 plus a trip to the Texas Library Association conference to read the essay to the assembled group. (Friendswood Journal, TX)
As the Wood Turns, Beauty Emerges Jan 3, 2008
O Brien is originally from Newport, RI. For 42 years he worked as a librarian: for Newsweek in New York, Central Library in Chicago, as director of Cuyahoga County Library in Cleveland, as director of the Dallas Public Library, and in 1992 he came to Alexandria, where he recently retired as director of the Alexandria Library. He is married and has two grown daughters, who used to refer to their mother as a wood widow. (South County Chronicle, VA)
Libraries increasingly offering services to ease homeless plight Jun 14, 2007
Libraries such as the Dallas Public Library have hygiene rules. Berman says they must be administered evenly. (USA Today -- News)
Fashion at the Park, Presented by Cadillac, Announces 15 Top Designer Shows With All the Glamour of Fashion Week Except Now You Can 'Shop the Shows' Jan 26, 2007
The final day concludes with a closing gala hosted by Neiman Marcus, NorthPark Center and The Mansion on Turtle Creek benefiting the Dallas Public Library for Children at NorthPark Center. A 15,000-square-foot luxury tent complex located between Nordstrom and Macy's will house the Fashion Tent, which includes 500 reserved seats. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
How H.L. Hunt viewed utopia Jan 20, 2007
Among the collection of rare books at the Dallas Public Library, there resides a fascinating relic from 1967. This 191-page hardback book with the dusk-yellow cover is a political novel, in the vein of Sir Thomas More's "Utopia" or George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four." Like its older siblings, this book wanders between story and diatribe. (Dallas Business Journal, TX)
