The 38 libraries in the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System are promoting the CCLS Road Trip. This free program, that begins June 1, encourages community members in both counties to visit as many libraries as they can during the … [Read more...]
Chautauqua Institution, YWCA Jamestown Partner on “Chautauqua County Book Read”
The YWCA of Jamestown and Chautauqua Institution are partnering on the inaugural "Chautauqua County Book Read." The book "Caste: The Origins of our Discontent" by Isabel Wilkerson has been chosen for the community read. Chautauqua Institution's … [Read more...]
Prendergast Library Holds First Murray Bob Education Initiative Event Today
The first event of a new education initiative at the James Prendergast Library starts this afternoon. The library recently announced the creation of the Murray L. Bob Education Initiative. The program named in honor of the former long-time … [Read more...]
Prendergast Library to See State Funding cut by $16,500
JAMESTOWN - The James Prendergast Library will see it's state aid reduced by $16,500. That's according to the Jamestown Post-Journal, which says the financially strapped library found out on Friday that state officials that aid has been cut by 25 … [Read more...]
2018 Big Read Initiative Kicks Off Wednesday Night, March 14 in Salamanca
SALAMANCA - The Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System and Seneca Nation of Indians Libraries will kicks off the 2018 NEA Big Read initiative with a celebration this week. This year’s big read book is “The Round House” by Louise Erdrich. A … [Read more...]
City Funding Cut for Prendergast Library will Result in Domino Effect of Reduced Funding
JAMESTOWN - The James Prendergast Library will be in financial dire straits if the city were to move forward and cut 70 percent of its funding for next year. That’s according to Library Executive Director Tina Scott, who met with Jamestown City … [Read more...]
American Library Association President Says Transformation is Key for Survival of Libraries in 21st Century
JAMESTOWN - If a library wants to flourish in the 21st century, it needs to transform the way it interacts with its community. That was the message Tuesday night from Sari Feldman, president of the American Library Association, who was the … [Read more...]
Big Read Kickoff Featuring Pulse Poetry Slam is Thursday Night at Prendergast
JAMESTOWN - The Prendergast Library will host a poetry slam at 6 p.m. tonight kick off the 2015 Big Read featuring “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Autumn Echo Swanson, founder of Pulse Poetry Slam and office coordinator at Infinity Visual … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Prendergast Library Director to be Featured on WRFA ‘Community Matters’ Program
JAMESTOWN - The newly appointed executive director of the James Prendergast Library Association says she ready to help continue to make the library a community destination in the 21st century. Prendergast Executive Director Tina Scott was officially … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Prendergast Library Announces New Executive Director
JAMESTOWN - The James Prendergast Library has a new executive director in place. The library’s Board of Trustees appointed Tina Scott as Executive Director during its regular monthly board meeting last week. Scott has served as Acting Director of … [Read more...]
