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Thursday, March 23, 2017

Whistleblowers protest Board of Library Trustees, alleging ‘deep weeding,’ harassment

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The Berkeley Librarian Whistleblowers, a city advocacy group, rallied in protest of the Board of Library Trustees’ bookkeeping practices and staff relations Wednesday afternoon.
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Thursday, September 1, 2016

Berkeley Public Library board chooses new director of library services

Berkeley Public Library’s Board of Library Trustees selected Heidi Dolamore as the new director of library services, filling a roughly three-month vacant seat that has been shrouded in community outcry.
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Monday, November 9, 2015

Months after resignation of Jeff Scott, Berkeley Public Library hires interim director

On Monday, the former city manager of Albany began her first day as the Berkeley Public Library interim director after former library director Jeff Scott resigned in August amid controversy.
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Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Rally highlights discrepancy in number of books weeded from Berkeley Public Library

Berkeley community members, former librarians and a Berkeley City Council member rallied Wednesday in response to documents that revealed thousands more books have been weeded from the Berkeley library system than revealed in previous estimations.
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Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Community members rally against book weeding at Berkeley Public Library’s central branch

Retired librarians and other community members rallied Tuesday to protest the “weeding,” or recycling, of books at the Berkeley Public Library’s Central Branch and to support library staff in voicing their concerns.
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