Additional News Releases

2011 News Releases

• MOST POPULAR ITEMS CIRCULATED IN 2011 (December 30, 2011)
• eReader on Your Wish List? (December 23, 2011)
• Holiday Hours for Central Library and City of Buffalo Branches (December 21, 2011)
• Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System Community Update (December 16, 2011)
• WINTERFEST AT DOWNTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY (November 28, 2011)
• 175TH ANNIVERSARY GALA TO BE PRESENTED AT DOWNTOWN LIBRARY (October 27, 2011)
• LIBRARY SYSTEM APPOINTS CAROL BATT AS NEW COO (October 20, 2011)
• SCARY STORIES IN THE LIBRARY STACKS
• UPCOMING CHESS TOURNAMENTS AT DOWNTOWN LIBRARY (October 14, 2011)
• Author of “American to the Backbone” Presents Free Lecture at the Frank E. Merriweather library on Saturday, October 1. (September 26, 2011)
• LAFAYETTE SQUARE CELEBRATED IN EXHIBIT AT CENTRAL LIBRARY (September 22, 2011)
• LIBRARY SYSTEM TRUSTEES ENDORSE CREATION OF A SPECIAL LIBRARY DISTRICT (September 15, 2011)
• THE SMARTEST CARD IN YOUR WALLET - A LIBRARY CARD (September 8, 2011)
• YOUTH CHESS TOURNAMENT SLATED FOR AUDUBON LIBRARY SEPTEMBER 3 (August 29, 2011)
• CLARENCE READERS WIN BATTLE OF THE BOOKS (August 10, 2011)
• MERRIWEATHER LIBRARY WILL RE-OPEN ON MONDAY AT NOON (August 5, 2011)
• The Battle of the Books (August 4, 2011)
• HUGE SUMMER SALE OF USED BOOKS AND MEDIA AT THE DOWNTOWN LIBRARY AUGUST 18-20 (August 1, 2011)
• PUBLIC COMPUTER CENTER OPENS AT JULIA BOYER REINSTEIN LIBRARY (June 20, 2011)
• LIBRARY SYSTEM SELECTS NEW DIRECTOR (June 16, 2011)
• BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM (June 15, 2011)
• Summer Reading and 175th Anniversary Kick-off Events
• Library History and Timeline
• NYS CONSTRUCTION GRANTS AWARDED TO 7 BFLO & ERIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES (May 17, 2011)
• DOWNTOWN LIBRARY HOSTS COMMUNITY DISCUSSION LINKING DEPRESSION ERA LEGACY WITH CONTEMPORARY HOUSING CHALLENGES (May 13, 2011)
• INSPIRING NATURAL WORLD AUTHOR AMY STEWART VISITS CLEARFIELD LIBRARY (May 10, 2011)
• EDEN LIBRARY CELEBRATES 100 YEARS (May 5, 2011)
• DOWNTOWN CENTRAL LIBRARY HOSTS CULTURAL PERFORMANCES (April 21, 2011)
• Niagara Branch Library celebrates El día de los niños/El día de los libros (April 15, 2011)
• Celebrate National Library Week April 10-16 (April 8, 2011)
• OPEN HOUSES AT BUFFALO LIBRARY BRANCHES (March 31, 2011)
• LIBRARY SYSTEM BOARD MEETING REPORT (February 25, 2011)
• Public Library, Erie County to Kickoff Local Commemoration of National Women’s History Month (February 23, 2011)
• GOLDEN AGE TRAVEL EXHIBIT FEATURED AT CENTRAL LIBRARY (February 16, 2011)
• ORGANIZED LABOR IN WNY, TRACING ITS ORIGINS THROUGH CURRENT CHALLENGES (February 11, 2011)
• LIBRARY SYSTEM BOARD MEETING REPORT (February 8, 2011)
  Search Committee & Officers Announced
• New Town of Tonawanda Library Director Announced (February 3, 2011)
• VIDEO DOCUMENTARY SERIES AT CENTRAL LIBRARY (January 26, 2011)
• TRIBUTE TO MARTIN LUTHER KING, Jr. PLANNED (January 7, 2011)
• LIBRARY SYSTEM DIRECTOR RESIGNS FROM POST (January 4, 2011)

2010 News Releases

• MOST POPULAR ITEMS CIRCULATED IN 2010 (December 31, 2010)
• BUFFALO & ERIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY HOURS ANNOUNCED & STATISTICS RELEASED (December 29, 2010)
• PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD ASKS LEGISLATURE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH RESTORATION OF FUNDING (December 22, 2010)
• UPDATE: BUFFALO & ERIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM (December 16, 2010)
• VALUABLE BOOK COLLECTION DONATED TO BUFFALO & ERIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM (December 16, 2010)
• UPDATE: BUFFALO & ERIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM (December 10, 2010)
• Gift Shop Clearance Sale (December 1, 2010)
• CLARENCE LIBRARY PRESENTS 2 UPCOMING PROGRAMS (November 26, 2010)
• The Fine Art of Printing – William Morris & the Kemscott Press (November 16, 2010)
• Composer Philip Rothman to Speak at Downtown Library, Nov. 17 (November 5, 2010)
• REIMAGINE! THE BUFFALO & ERIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM (October 25, 2010)
• POPULAR AUTHOR OF YOUNG ADULT BOOKS GIVES FREE PRESENTATION (October 7, 2010)
• PUBLIC FUNDING FOR THE ARTS - THEN AND NOW (October 7, 2010)
• THE BIG READ 2010 (September 23, 2010)
• MARK TWAIN IN BUFFALO (September 22, 2010)
• FAMILY PLACE PROGRAMS (September 17, 2010)
• FACING OUR FUTURE (September 14, 2010)
• LIBRARY SYSTEM DIRECTOR FEATURED SPEAKER at "IMAGINING BUFFALO NIAGARA IN THE 21STCENTURY" NOON TIME LECTURE SERIES (September 13, 2010)
• AUTHOR/JOURNALIST IRA FLATOW TO GIVE FREE LECTURE (August 30, 2010)
• SEPTEMBER IS LIBRARY CARD SIGN-UP MONTH (August 26, 2010)

2009 News Releases

• Buffalo & Erie County Public Library To Sponsor Read Down Your Fines Program Again This Summer
• Central Library To Hold Sale Of Used Books And Gift Merchandise July 23-24
• Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Receives Big Read Grant From National Endowment For The Arts
• Central Library To Hold Summer Reading Block Party Saturday
• Get Graphic! Book Published, Available For Sale
• Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Receives Big Read Grant From National Endowment For The Arts
• Get Graphic! Book Published, Available For Sale
• "Colonial Kids’ Day" at Downtown Library on May 30 Offers Glimpse into the Lives of Children in Early America
• Art during American Colonial Period to be Explored in Program at Central Library on May 28
• Role of the Media in American Politics and Scandals to be Explored in Panel Discussion at Central Library on May 21
• Noted Author, Historian and Commentator Richard Brookhiser To Speakat Downtown Library May 14
• Aspects of Alexander Hamilton’s Legacy, Career to be Explored inPanel Discussion at Central Library on May 7
• Buffalo’s Central Library Last Stop on National Tour of Acclaimed Hamilton Exhibition