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    • At-Large City Councillor Felix Arroyo
    • Adrian Walker
    • Dorchester Reporter
      • A road forward for BPL branches
      • Library closings across the city diminish us all
      • Lower Mills won’t be steamrolled by city
      • Mayor must end divisive library fight
      • Menino, appointees add insult to injury in Lower Mills
      • Reverse the vote to close the Lower Mills library
    • Renee Loth
    • Sam Allis
    • Boston City Council – Letter to Amy Ryan
    • BPL Professional Staff Association (PSA)
    • Brandon Abbs
      • Financial Argument for Downsizing the Library Does Not Add Up
      • Short-term solution is not long-term strategy
    • City Councillor Chuck Turner
    • Friends of the Chinatown Library
    • Gates Foundation (On Libraries and Technology)
    • Massachusetts Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice
    • Peter Golden
    • Steve Almond
  • News Stories
    • American Libraries Magazine
      • The Vindication of Bernard Margolis – 10.24.08
      • Bostonians Deplore “Downloadables” as Branch Substitutes – 3.16.10
      • Boston Library Officials Dial Back Service-Cuts Proposal – 4.07.10
      • Boston Trustees Approve Closure of Four Libraries – 4.12.10
      • Will Social Media Activism Rescue Besieged Libraries? – 4.20.10
      • Rallies, Rallies, Everywhere as Final Budget Votes Loom – 6.09.10
      • Boston Branches’ Reprieve Dimmed by Layoffs, Closures Elsewhere – 6.22.10
    • Money Bags Menino
    • Dorchester Reporter
      • Library watch: Much going on inside – 3.19.10
      • BPL president takes questions from community reporters – 4.02.10
      • City Councillors: Closing libraries should be “last option” – 4.05.10
      • Lower Mills branch on closing list – 4.08.10
      • Menino’s budget puts councillors on the spot – 4.15.10
      • 12 Boston reps step into dispute on library closings – 4.22.10
      • City is facing House action on library closings – 4.29.10
      • Lower Mills library activists press case at BPL meeting – 5.26.10
      • BPL brass pressed to halt closings – 6.10.10
      • Revised city budget includes additional money for summer jobs, custodians and libraries – 6.22.10
      • Reporter’s Notebook: The politics of closing a neighborhood library – 6.24.10
      • Reporter’s Notebook: City Council pushes for more library trustees, fundraising power – 7.01.10
      • Menino hedges support for BPL trustee legislation – 7.29.10
      • Reporter’s Notebook: City plans to re-engage with community about libraries – 9.15.10
      • Rep. Rushing to join Boston Public Library trustees’ board – 9.16.10
      • If we get the funding, we’ll keep branches open, says BPL chief Ryan – 10.28.10
      • Council presses BPL officials on finances, branch closings – 10.07.10
      • ‘Working session’ scheduled for Lower Mills library on Oct. 25 – 10.07.10
      • Library chief ‘strongly supports’ keeping branches open if funding found – 10.25.10
      • Library supporters brainstorm in Lower Mills – 12.02.10
  • Press Releases & Reports
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    • 4.14.10
    • 6.03.10
    • 6.15.10
    • BPL Inventory Reduction Plan
    • BPL Measures Challenge Amy Ryan’s “Vision” – 4.05.10
    • Comparison of BPL Plan and Plan for Henepin County, Minnesota
    • President Amy Ryan’s Thesis
    • 4.07.10
    • 4.08.10
    • 4.09.10
    • 4.14.10
    • 4.15.10
    • 4.16.10-1
    • 4.16.10-2
    • Health Impact Statement – 6.03.10
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    • 6.14.10
    • 6.21.10
    • 6.30.10
    • 9.09.10
    • Thank You and Plea to City Councillors for Post-Budget Help
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