Death of the Neighborhood Library?
Closure of the Southeast Branch Library is Ominous
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Sept. 5, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
City Budget: Minimal Slippage
Sparse cuts, few surprises in proposed fiscal document
"...EMS cadet academy isn't planned. And, surprising perhaps nobody, branch libraries could close possibly one day a week –..."
July 23, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar
The Once and Future Library
New library committed to creating community gathering space
"...In an early October conversation, Austin Public Library Director Brenda Branch was summarizing the goal that planners were maintaining..."
Oct. 30, 2015 News Feature by Michael King
Lean and ... Leaner
A preview of the city's proposed (and shrinking) budget
"...also adding employees to staff the new St. Johns branch, so the net decrease is only two), and the..."
Aug. 3, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Absolutely Confabulous
Austin Public Library's New Fiction Confab focuses on buzz over brawn
"...teach free creative-writing workshops for different age groups at branch libraries...."
April 18, 2014 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry
You Can't Touch This
The budget battles, Round 2: Citizens rally to save community services
"...if the library is "sustainable" with current funding, Director Brenda Branch replied, "No, I don't think so. I think..."
Aug. 22, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
New APL Chief Appointed
Roosevelt Weeks takes over on Sept. 11
"...computer science from Texas Southern. The previous APL director, Brenda Branch, retired at the end of 2016, after nearly..."
Aug. 18, 2017 News Feature by Michael King
Bottom of the Budget Barrel
City Hall scraped to the bone; now it cuts into it.
"...didn't already make in past years). Yet all APL branches will respect their normal hours -- undoing this summer's..."
Sept. 6, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Austin's Active Shelf Life
Can Our Public Library Keep Up the Pace?
"...by most common benchmarks -- collection size, number of branches, visits and circulations, per-capita expenditures -- is one of..."
Sept. 20, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Bare Bones and Books
1995-'96 City Budget: Library
"...of $10.6 million (up about $100,000 from 1994-95), director Brenda Branch says that there's just no place to cut...."
Aug. 11, 1995 News Feature
Libraries, Technology, and Politics
"...that too little attention is being paid to the branches...."
Oct. 30, 2015 News Feature by Michael King
Checking Out Austin's New Central Library
Yes, the city’s “Library of the Future” still has books, but this 21st century facility is about so much more
"...in earnest in 2009, the project's lead imagineers – Brenda Branch, then-Austin Public Library director; John Gillum, APL's facilities..."
Oct. 27, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Library Fails to Carry
Commission Votes for Local Over Regional
"...a false dichotomy between the Central Library and the branches. If you kill the trunk the branches will die...."
Feb. 13, 1998 News Feature by Walter Cole
Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...responsible for taking Cyber Patrol off," says library administrator Brenda Branch. "My understanding is that's not the case.... In..."
July 11, 1997 News Feature
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...Brenda Branch,..."
Oct. 4, 2002 Column
Postmarks
Environs Observer
"...Brenda Branch says she believes the Supreme Court's recent ruling..."
July 25, 1997 Column
Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...Before allowing unrestricted Internet access, Library administrator Brenda Branch says, the committee must first get the okay..."
Oct. 10, 1997 News Feature
Point Austin: Building Cathedrals
Public libraries and schools sustain a common culture
"...gratifying to see Gillum and now retired Library Director Brenda Branch among Saturday's celebrants. The entire city owes them..."
Nov. 3, 2017 News Column by Michael King
Headlines
"...Austin Public Library Director Brenda Branch announced that she will retire in December after..."
Nov. 25, 2016 News Feature
Beside the Point
Welcome Back ... to an All-Nighter
"...while the fire academy will shrink. And, surprising nobody, branch libraries could close possibly one day a week –..."
July 25, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar
Irony: Librarians Yelling
"...the vote. Said Cynthia Charles, manager of the Carver Branch, "We always knew we were going to get it...."
Nov. 7, 2006 News Post by Katherine Gregor
Double Jeopardy
A long-ago marijuana conviction gets a library staffer fired and raises questions about city employment policies and the war on drugs
"...years after his arrest, when Blum-Kryzstal's supervisor, St. John's branch manager Elva Garza, asked him into her office: "She..."
Nov. 29, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple
Council: Not Just STRs
Restore Rundberg, nondiscrimination also on the menu
"...Brenda Branch, Austin Public Library director, followed with an update..."
Feb. 26, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma
Council Wrap-up
Staff not amused by some CMs' ideas on how to cut the budget
"...The latter routine continued Tuesday, particularly for the Library's Brenda Branch, Resource Recovery's Bob Gedert, and Kevin Johns of..."
Sept. 4, 2015 News Feature by Michael King
What Do Austinites Want?
10-1 City Council wrangles its first budget
"...heresy emanating from the dais. When Library Department Director Brenda Branch made her presentation last week, Council Member Leslie..."
Aug. 21, 2015 News Feature by Michael King
Library: More Working Room
For a change, the libraries get a little more money
"...the new Central Library project fairly soon. Library Director Brenda Branch reports: "We have completed the Schematic Design phase..."
Aug. 31, 2012 News Feature by Michael King
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...Brenda Branch,..."
Sept. 27, 2002 Column
Texas Book Festival Schedule
"...1:30-2:20pm Animal Tales Kathi Appelt, Susan Stevens Crummel, Moderator: Brenda Branch..."
Nov. 5, 1999 Books Feature
Lay Of The Land
The Inner Sanctum
"...Director Willie Rhodes $95,514 Library Dept $14.8 326 Director Brenda Branch $87,090..."
Aug. 27, 1999 News Feature
Medieval Madness
O! The Folly of Council in Middle Ages
"...a letter to the aforementioned serf, Director of Libraries Brenda Branch says that any solution will require money, and..."
