GF PUBLIC LIBRARY
OUR OPINION: Library critics overlook truth about wages 
The need for a new library is apparent to anyone who visits the current one, which is crowded, poorly lit, poorly ventilated and generally in disrepair — the result of decades of neglect under an apathetic director and board.
By Mike Jacobs for the Herald , August 10, 2011
Scott F. Anderson, Grand Forks, letter; Extend GF library's hours
The failure for the voters of Grand Forks to support a new library was disappointing but hardly surprising.
By Scott F. Anderson , May 31, 2011
City Council looks at options after library vote
After the overwhelming “no” vote Tuesday for a sales tax for a new Grand Forks library, several City Council members say they’ll focus on fixing up the existing one for now.
By Tu-Uyen Tran , May 04, 2011
Library sales tax rejected at the polls
Voters say ‘no’ to a sales tax to fund new public libraryGrand Forks voters overwhelmingly said “no” to a sales tax for a new library Tuesday with 62 percent voting against the measure.
By Tu-Uyen Tran , May 03, 2011
Just about everything you ever wanted to know about the library tax
In two days, Grand Forks voters will decide whether to tax themselves more to pay for a new, bigger library. Most supporters and opponents of the new sales tax can agree on a few things.
By Tu-Uyen Tran , April 30, 2011
At book value?
There are similarities — and differences — to when Fargo built its new library“If you build it, they will come,” Tim Dirks, the Fargo Public Library director, said as he talked about how the library has grown since all the new buildings were added several years ago.
By Tu-Uyen Tran , April 29, 2011
Expert: Current Grand Forks library not energy efficient
Grand Forks’ public library is grossly inefficient and it could save thousands a year if it upgraded heating and cooling system, a local energy efficiency expert said Wednesday.
By Tu-Uyen Tran , April 27, 2011
Brown supports proposed new Grand Forks library
Grand Forks Mayor Mike Brown threw his political weight behind the proposed new library Thursday, urging voters to vote “yes” with him.
“We need to vote ‘yes’ to lifelong learning,” the three-term mayor said at a press conference at the library. “We need to vote ‘yes’ to a connected community.”
By Tu-Uyen Tran , April 21, 2011
Grand Forks Public Library gets donation
Grand Forks Public Library has received a $5,000 donation from Friends of the Library to help get the word out to voters about a proposed new building, the library announced.
By Herald Staff Report , March 28, 2011
GRAND FORKS PUBLIC LIBRARY: Council sets tax terms
The Grand Forks City Council voted 5-2 on Monday night to approve specific language in a proposed amendment to the city’s home rule charter to add a 1 percent sales tax for a new public library that will be on a special election ballot May 3.
By Stephen J. Lee , February 07, 2011
Feedback pours in for library
Results to be presented to City Council in special session MondayA feedback-gathering campaign for Grand Forks’ proposed new public library has received an overwhelming response from the public, many of them apparently supporters.
By Tu-Uyen Tran , December 09, 2010
Officials weigh cost of building a new library
Estimated price tag is $18.8 milliionAll week, Grand Forks library officials have asked area residents to tell them what they wish for in the proposed new library, and for just as long, they’ve been trying to overturn the perception that it’ll be a fanciful, unaffordable monstrosity.
By Tu-Uyen Tran , November 18, 2010
Supporters of new GF library proposal gain ideas from national trends
Libraries around the U.S. feature community centers, coffee shops, and moreGrand Forks Public Library was built at a time when people thought of libraries mostly as a place to get books and to read them. A few things have changed since, and there are now DVDs and CDs for checkout and computers for Internet access, though with not much room to grow. But, in many ways, it’s behind the times.
By Tu-Uyen Tran , November 16, 2010
- Grand Forks Public Library logo
- Click to view full size "A library for everyone" graphic (PDF)
- CORRECTION: Public meeting on library location at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday
- Location of new GF library hinges on cost, access, space
- Wendy Wendt, Grand Forks, column: Internet age sees library use rise
- Ell-Piret Multer, Grand Forks, letter: South-end library would boost costs
- Eliot Glassheim, Grand Forks, column: Library partnerships enrich, enliven GF
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Winter reading program begins Dec. 4
The Grand Forks Public Library and UND Athletic Department have partnered to present a Winter Reading Program for children in grades kindergarten through sixth grade and beginning Dec. 4.
By Herald Staff Report , November 13, 2010
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