The library roof is leaking - literally.  A new roof will be installed over the next several weeks.  Expect only minor inconvenience and library hours will not be affected.

Do you know the issues that the Justice Department are raising with their lawsuit against the major book publishing companies?  Here are two articles - one from the New York Times and one from the Wall Street Journal.

Jill Jean in April 2012 says libraries are more relevant than ever.  Read the Bainbridge Review coverage.  Click here...

The next time someone says the internet is killing books and libraries, you can refer them to this 2012 article.  Click here...

Check out the events at the Bainbridge library for the celebration of the 50th Anniversary. Click here...

What is the future of book stores? Read New York Times article on the uncertain future.

Will Silverdale raise money to build a new library? Read about the public meeting.

Amazon is both a publisher and seller of books. Read about the benefits and concerns some have about this growing role.

Now all of the issues of the Bainbridge Island Library News are online. First published in the summer of 1998, you can review any or all of them including the latest Winter 2011 issue. Click here....

Did you miss Martha Bayley's book recommendations at the Volunteer Appreciation Brunch on September 30? If so, you can find them all here. Click here for more......

Do you own a Kindle? Now you can check-out eBooks from the library and read them on your Kindle. Come to the class at the library to learn how to use this service. Click here for more...

Read a really nice article on the "facelift" that took place at the library over the Labor Day weekend. Click here....

You can read the North Kitsap Library News on this website. Click here for the latest issues.

What do you think about book publisher HarperCollins limiting the number of times an eBook can be read at the library. Read the NYT article here....

Read the Kitsap Sun article about the closure of the KRL libraries on Sundays.

Did you know that some towns and counties in California, Oregon, and Texas have outsourced their public libraries? Read the NYT article here....

The Friday Tidies who nuture and tend our library gardens need some new volunteers to help out. Read the Kitsap Sun July 2010 article here.....

Book are being stolen from the Port Orchard Library. Read more here.....

Mary Anne Moorman tells her story of Bainbridge Library on KCBS Watch and listen to her talk at the library

A library without books? Here's an article from Time about bookless libraries. Read about a radical move in a New England prep school. Another article indicates "Books are being pushed aside for digital learning centers and gaming areas." Read more.... Walsenburg, CO (pop 3800) builds new library (NPR interview).

Confused about other groups asking for your book donations? Big blue box bins? See this recent story in the Kitsap Sun.

Coming Events- at the Bainbridge Library

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