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The DC Council routinely has Performance Oversight and Budget hearings for the D.C. libraries annually. The DCPL has its own small police force, the District of Columbia Public Library Police. The Library Police's duties and mission is similar to District of Columbia Protective Services Division: to protect government property, staff, and the ...
In 1988, the land was turned over to District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL). The new library opened on July 29, 1990 with a collection of 200,000 books, tapes, records, CDs and magazines. [ 1 ] The cost of its construction was $3.3 million, and it was designed by the firm Bryant and Bryant.
A small library kiosk opened in the area in 1976, and a somewhat larger facility opened in 1984, [2] which was eventually replaced in 2009 by a new $878,000 library facility. [ 3 ] The notably small 4,900-square-foot library is located in a leased space in the Shops at Parkland strip mall .
In 1986, the library was named for Francis A. Gregory, a local public servant who had been the first black president of the DC Public Library Board of Trustees. [ 1 ] The new Francis A. Gregory Library was described in Architectural Record as a “shimmering pavilion.” [ 2 ] The building is a two-story, glass-sheathed box with an aluminum ...
The Capitol View Neighborhood Library is part of the District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL) System. It was opened to the public on January 23, 1965, after 10 years of advocacy by the Capitol View community. A 2018 renovation introduced a new facade, an updated plaza, and the new sculpture "Freedom to Read."
The West End Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library in the West End neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is located at 2301 L Street NW. [ 1 ] The library opened in 1967 at 1101 24th Street NW and was the city's first public library branch to offer air conditioning .
The District of Columbia Public Schools offered them a room in the school free of charge. [2] Eventually, the library outgrew its location, and local citizens' associations sought to build a larger library. [2] In 1934, Congress appropriated $150,000 for the construction of a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library in Georgetown. [3]
The James Reardon-Anderson Library (formerly SFS-Q Library) offers online access to more than 2 million scholarly resources and an intercampus loans service with Georgetown's library services in Washington DC. There is also an interlibrary loan services agreement with other universities on the Education City campus and with Qatar University.