Baltimore County Public Library Time Line
Date |
Event |
Notes |
Source |
|
1948 |
Baltimore County
Public Library System established with a Board of Trustees |
First Board is appointed to
consolidate independent libraries at Arbutus-Halethorpe, Catonsville and
its Banneker High
School branch, Cockeysville, Dundalk and its Turner Station branch, Essex, Middle River,
Pikesville, Relay, Sparrows Point, and Towson |
1948 Board of Library
Trustees Minutes.
Annual Report 1948 |
|
1948 October |
Administrative Offices |
Opens in temporary quarters at 120 West
Pennsylvania Avenue, Towson |
Baltimore County Public Library Archives |
|
1949 January |
Richard D. Minnich
becomes first county librarian to direct the system |
Mr. Minnich was previously
director of the Easton, Pennsylvania library since 1938. |
Evening Sun
October 1948 |
|
1949 February |
Arbutus-Halethorpe
Library |
Moves to 5303 East Drive,
second floor, from the basement of Klein's Hardware store at 5417 East Drive, and triples in
size |
Union News,
February 13, 1948 |
|
1949 December |
Cockeysville Free
Library moves |
|
Annual Report,
1950 |
|
1949-1950 |
Central ordering and
cataloging begins |
Results in weekly delivery service
to libraries and eliminates duplicated work in the branches |
Annual Report
1949,1950 |
|
1950's |
Arbutus Library |
Moves into larger quarters
over the A and P supermarket on East Drive in the early 1950's |
Arbutus Library |
|
1950
February 1 |
Essex Library |
Moves to South Taylor Avenue
from 42 Warren Road |
Annual Report,
1950 |
|
1951 |
Interlibrary loan
department |
Established to provide
customers with books from another Baltimore County Public Library branch or from Enoch Pratt Free Library's
Division of Library Extension |
Annual Report
1951, 1952 |
|
1951
November 11 |
Pikesville Memorial
Library |
Dedicates new building |
Annual Report 1951 |
|
1952
September 8 |
Bookmobile service |
Begins with one vehicle and
headquarters in the building previously occupied by the Pikesville
Memorial Library |
Annual Report,
1952 |
|
1954
February 23 |
Dundalk Library |
Moves to a building acquired
from Bethlehem Steel in heart of Dundalk on Center Place. First library
building owned by Baltimore County. |
Baltimore County Public
Library Archives |
|
1954 December |
Essex Library |
Moves to new location
at 437 Maryland Avenue |
Baltimore County Public Library
Archives |
|
1956 January |
Bookmobile service |
Expands with second
vehicle to cover the eastern area of Baltimore County. It is
housed at the Essex Library and carries 3,100 volumes. It is a 32 foot 10 ton vehicle
with air brakes, power steering, and electrical generator. Essex is the
first branch responsible for combined bookmobile and branch operation. |
Baltimore County Public
Library Archives |
|
1956 |
Survey of public
library service authorized |
Board authorizes survey
to produce plan for future development of library services in county.
Consultants were headed by Dr. Lowell Martin, dean of Graduate School of
Library Services at Rutgers University. |
Baltimore County Public
Library Archives |
|
1956 December |
Long playing recordings |
Added to all libraries
and both bookmobiles. The collection included classical, vocal,
children's, drama recordings. First collection was started at the Middle River
Library. |
Baltimore County Public
Library Archives |
|
1957 March 4 |
Towson Library,
Administrative offices, and Bookmobile Headquarters |
Share rented quarters at 28
West Susquehanna Avenue. Previously the Towson Library was located in a six room apartment at 25 West
Pennsylvania Avenue. It was so crowded that even the bathtub as well as closets and kitchen
housed the collection! |
Baltimore County Public
Library Archives |
|
1957 |
Lowell Martin survey
report |
Prompts growth plan which is adopted by Board of Library Trustees. Branches to be spotted around beltway
and designated as "area" or "community" in size. "Area"
libraries are to serve as resource centers for "community" size libraries. |
Staff Handbook
- Overview
May 1999 |
|
1958 March |
Middle River Library |
Moves to larger
remodeled quarters in Community Building on Compass Road |
Baltimore County Public
Library Archives |
|
1959 January |
Charles W. Robinson
becomes Assistant County Librarian |
Mr. Robinson comes from
Free Library of Philadelphia where he was administrative assistant to Emerson
Greenaway. |
Baltimore County Public
Library Archives |
|
1959 |
Machine charging
(checkout materials) |
Towson Library is the first in county
to use photo-charging. A photo was taken of each patron card transaction
using RECORDAK and McBee Keysort process. Results were stored on microfilm. |
Baltimore County Public
Library Archives |
|
1961 July |
Parkville Library |
Opens at 9221 Harford
Road in rented quarters |
Baltimore American
April 15, 1962 |
|
1961 August |
Cockeysville Library |
Moves to larger
quarters |
Baltimore American
April 15, 1962 |
|
1961
October 16 |
Reisterstown Library |
Moves to 21 Cockeys
Mill Road into a historic building
dating from 1820's. The building first known as the Franklin Academy, later became
the first high school in Baltimore County |
Reisterstown Library |
|
1962 |
'Library Associate'
Training Program |
"To help meet pressing need for
trained, knowledgeable people to assist the public in the use and
enjoyment of materials available in library collections", Baltimore
County Public Library created a new job classification and started a
training program for "Library Aides". This program eventually went
statewide. |
Give 'Em What They
Want! Managing the Public's Library |
|
1962 |
Arbutus Library |
Moves to two story
building at Sulphur Spring Road and Benson Avenue. Basement used for
County health center |
Baltimore County Public
Library Archives |
|
1962 |
Catonsville Library -
Friends |
Friends of the
Catonsville Library established. |
Catonsville Library |
|
1963 |
New Director |
Charles
W. Robinson named
Director after death of
Richard D. Minnich. |
33 years of Inspired
Leadership |
|
1963 June 10 |
Administrative Offices |
Moves from 28 West Susquehanna Avenue to 25
West Chesapeake Avenue, second floor, Towson |
Baltimore County Public Library Archives |
|
1963
September 9 |
Perry Hall Library |
Opens at a leased
location at 9440 Belair Road. The building was privately constructed to
library specification and leased by Baltimore County. It replaced bookmobile service to the area. |
Branch
Statistical Summary, Fiscal Year 2001 |
|
1963
December 9 |
Catonsville Library |
Moves into present building
at 1100 Frederick Road. Catonsville Library is the first "area library" to
be constructed according to Martin Plan concept devised in 1958. It was
the first
library building actually built by County as a library. |
Baltimore County Public Library
Archives |
|
1965 July 15 |
Book catalog |
Baltimore County Public Library
is first library in
country to replace the card catalog with a computer generated catalog in
book form.
This allowed customers to see the holdings of all the branches in the
system for the first time. |
Branching Out
January 1998 and Baltimore County Public Library Annual Report 1965-1966 |
|
1965 April 15 |
Relay Library |
County Library Board considers closing within in one
year. |
Baltimore County Public Library
Archives |
|
1965
March 15 |
North Point Library |
Opens as the second "area branch" at
1716 Merritt Boulevard. It is the first library placed in a shopping center. |
Branch Statistical Summary, Fiscal Year 2001 |
|
1966 |
8mm film |
Established first
collection of 8mm film in the metropolitan area |
Baltimore County Public Library
Annual Report 1966-1967 |
|
1966 March 21 |
Randallstown Library
trailer |
Supplies library
service from a temporary 50 foot trailer, fondly called the RAT. |
Baltimore County Public Library
Archives |
|
1966 December 19 |
Lansdowne Library |
5,100 square foot white
concrete block library was dedicated at 500 Third Avenue, Lansdowne. It
is the first
library branch built by County under aid provisions of the federal
Library Services and Construction Act. |
Baltimore County Public Library
Archives |
|
1967 October 23 |
Randallstown Library |
Moves from trailer to
an expansive new building at 8604 Liberty Road |
Baltimore County Public Library
Archives |
|
1968 May 13 |
Loch Raven Library |
Opens in an attractive
wooded site located next to a shopping area. It was necessary to place
the library building on one side of a stream bed and the parking area on
the other side. Crossing the stream is a foot bridge. |
Loch Raven Library Dedication
brochure |
|
1969
April 6 |
Loch Raven Library |
The library at 1046
Taylor Avenue, Towson wins a Maryland Best
Design Achievement Award from Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan
Baltimore and American Institute of Architects, Baltimore Chapter. |
Baltimore County Public Library
Archives |
|
1969 June 16 |
Essex Library |
Building dedicated on
June 15, 1969 at 1110 Eastern Boulevard. |
Baltimore County Public Library
Archives |
|
1970 |
Book van |
A small bookmobile
serves as a summer book van for children in summer camps and recreation
centers. During the winter the vehicle stopped at institutions such as
nursing homes and retirement communities. |
Give 'Em What They Want! Managing
the Public's Libraries. |
Late 1970's
|
Merchandising |
Studied retail store
design, particularly store layout and merchandising strategies. Resulted
in library layouts being set up to encourage browsing and to the purchase of "book store"
display shelving. |
Give 'Em What They Want!
Managing the Public's Libraries. |
|
1971 January 10 |
Parkville - Carney Library |
Moves into brand new
quarters at 9509 Harford Road and is renamed the Parkville-Carney
Library |
Baltimore County Public Library
Archives |
|
1974 |
Volunteer
program |
Begins system-wide in
1974 with four volunteers |
Baltimore County Public Library
Archives |
|
1974
May 12 |
Towson Library
and Administrative Offices |
Move into new building
at 320 York Road |
Towson Library
history (Web) |
|
1974
June 23 |
Rosedale Library |
This angular building
opens at 6105 Kenwood Avenue. |
Rosedale Library history (Web) |
|
1975 |
Centralized selection
of material |
Monthly
book selection where all the librarians drove from their libraries to
look at the titles displayed for selection no longer occurs. A Materials Selection
Department was set up to handle new purchasing and replacement buying. |
Give 'Em What They
Want! Managing the Public's Library |
|
1975 |
Microfilm format
catalog |
Replaces book catalog |
Staff Handbook
Overview
May 1999 |
|
1975 February |
Community Information File |
Debuts as a paper file at the Catonsville
Library. It becomes available to the public system-wide June 1975. |
Baltimore County Public Library's
Information Services Department Accurate Information Desk Historical
File |
|
1976 |
Towson Library |
Passes 1,000,000 mark
in circulation! |
Towson Library history (Web) |
|
1977 |
Automated circulation
system |
Towson is first branch to
go on line with CLSI. All branches converted by 1987. |
Towson Library history (Web) |
|
1977 |
First Long Range Plan:
To Satisfy
Demand: a Study Plan for Public Library Service in Baltimore County |
Baltimore County Public
Library's first strategic plan
"became the model for the Public Library Association/American Library Association's
Planning Process for Public Libraries". |
Staff Handbook Overview
May 1999 |
|
1977 October 17 |
Woodlawn
Library |
Opens at 1811 Woodlawn
Drive |
Baltimore County Public
Library Archives |
|
1978 |
Generalism |
Baltimore County Public
Library initiates
"Generalism". All librarians serve all customers. This eliminates
separate Children and Adult Departments within the Baltimore County
Public Library. |
MOB Position Paper
- Draft January 24, 1996 |
|
1978 |
"Mini Library" concept |
Established when
communities sought libraries that could not be justified in the
library's physical facilities plan for the county. The County Executive
promoted the idea of volunteer-run libraries for which the county would
provide leased spaces and the library would provide a collection. They
were stocked for quick pickup of popular adult and children's materials
and were based in small neighborhood shopping centers. Four minis were
established: Edgemere, Jacksonville, Owings Mills, Wellwood. They were
administered by nearby full-service libraries. Full service libraries
provided the full range of information and programming services with
salaried librarians and circulation staff. |
Give 'Em What They Want! Managing
the Public's Libraries. |
|
1979 |
Bookmobiles |
By 1979, all of the
general service bookmobiles were gone from the system. |
Give 'Em What They
Want! Managing the Public's Library |
|
1980 |
DIALOG |
Clearinghouse office, now Information Services Department,
began using an online DIALOG
database to answer patron information queries. |
MOB Position Paper
- Draft January 24, 1996 |
|
1982 February 16 |
Cockeysville
Library |
Opens at 9833 Greenside Drive,
Cockeysville. It is one of the first library facilities in the nation
featuring bookstore display shelving and neon signage. |
Baltimore County Public
Library Archives |
|
1982
February 16 |
Pikesville Library |
Moves to quarters in
brand new Pikesville Community Center |
Flier for Opening |
|
1985 |
Online database in
branches |
First online database access
via EASYNET introduced in 7 branches. |
MOB Position Paper
- Draft January 24, 1996 |
|
1986 |
Sneaks the Cat |
Sneaks became the
Summer Reading Club Mascot and is still making annual appearances. |
Baltimore County Public
Library's Marketing and
Programming Department Jeffersonian March 7, 2000 |
|
1986 |
Compact discs |
Added to our collection |
Give 'Em What They
Want: Managing the Public's Library |
|
1986 |
CD-ROM database |
Baltimore County Public
Library's first CD-ROM database is made available to public. It was Information Access Company's Magazine Index Plus. |
MOB Position Paper
- Draft January 24, 1996 |
|
1987 January 4 |
Libraries handle County licenses and permits |
County Executive announces cooperative venture between
the library and Baltimore County Department of Permits and Licenses that
allows customers to apply and pay for 14 permits and licenses at
the library. The library could actual issue 5 permits, including animal
licenses, electrical postcard permits, and plumbing postcard permits. |
Baltimore County Office of Communication Press
Release December 2, 1987 |
|
1988 |
STAR (Shortcuts to
Accurate Reference) |
Adopts and initiates extensive
reference interview training for all information desk staff using an
adaptation of the Maryland model developed by the Division of Library
Development and Services of the Maryland State Department of Education.
Trainers introduced staff to the key model reference behaviors still in
use today. |
Give 'Em What They
Want: Managing the Public's Library and MOB Position Paper - Draft January 24, 1996 |
|
1988 |
Videotapes |
Added to collection |
Give 'Em What They
Want: Managing the Public's Library |
|
1988
January 25 |
White Marsh Library
|
Opens in the expanding
community of White Marsh in a 15,000 square foot building at 8133
Sandpiper Circle 21236 |
White Marsh Library history
(Web) |
|
1988 February |
Phonograph Records |
No longer being purchase |
Give 'Em What They
Want: Managing the Public's Library |
|
1988 October 3 |
Hereford Library |
Opens at 16940 York Road
Monkton, Maryland |
Baltimore County Public
Library Archives |
|
1988 |
Hereford Library - LAN |
First Baltimore County Public
Library with a Local Area Network that included a 4 station CD-ROM
network for electronic reference material |
MOB Position Paper
- Draft January 24, 1996 |
|
1988 |
STAR training
initiated |
Reference interview
training stressing communication skills to all information desk staff. |
MOB Position Paper
- Draft January 24, 1996 |
|
1991 |
Towson/Administration
Offices expansion |
Addition added to
building at 320 York Road |
Baltimore County Public
Library Archives |
|
1992 September 14 |
Arbutus Library |
Moves to Arbutus Business
Center, 1581 Sulphur Spring Road Suite 105. The library doubles in size
to 15,800 square foot. |
Baltimore County Public
Library Branch
Statistical Summary |
|
1992 |
Give 'Em What They
Want!: Managing the Public's Library |
Written by Baltimore
County Public Library staff's Blue Ribbon Committee and published by the American Library Association.
The book described the Baltimore County Public Library's "Give 'Em What
They Want" philosophy of service |
Baltimore County Public
Library Archives |
|
1993 February |
Libraries
closed |
Dundalk,
Edgemere, Jacksonville, Lansdowne,
Loch Raven, Middle River, Owings Mills, Turner Station, Wellwood
libraries closed due to budget cuts; results in layoff of 21 staff |
Baltimore County Public
Library Memos,
Baltimore Morning Sun February 12, 1993 |
|
1993/1994 |
Baltimore County Public Library
changes circulation system |
Moves to CARL for
circulation. Customers interact with a GUI, graphic user interface,
catalog called "Everybody's
Catalog" and have access to online databases. |
Branching Out
January 1998;
Staff Handbook Overview May 1999 |
|
1995 |
Internet Provider |
Baltimore County Public
Library offers public
internet provider service, called BCPL.NET. |
Branching Out
January 1998 |
|
1995 |
Reisterstown Library |
Expands with an 1,800
square foot addition as well as enlarged parking for Reisterstown
Library |
Reisterstown Library |
|
1995 |
Baltimore County Public
Library web site |
Launched with several databases
mounted to expand information resources. It was first called "WOW
Web", for Window on the World Web. |
In-house
documents,
Sun February 16, 2001 |
|
1996 |
Charles
W. Robinson
retires |
Mr. Robinson retires after 33 year as
Library Director. |
Sun
May 25, 1996 |
|
1996
September |
James H. Fish, becomes Director |
James
H. Fish becomes
third Director of Baltimore County Public Library. |
Sun
May 25, 1996 |
|
1996
March |
Essex Library's
Libraries Online Family Learning Center |
Microsoft Online Grant provides
the library system's first computer learning center offering public access to computer software and the Internet.
Baltimore County Public Library was one of nine libraries nationwide to
be involved in Microsoft's pilot project to make computer access
available to the public. Other library computer centers followed. |
33 Years of
Inspired Leadership -Baltimore County Public Library brochure |
|
1996 November |
Ask A Librarian email
service |
Begins with each library as
well as the Information Services Department responding to queries
directed to their agency by email |
Baltimore County Public
Library Archives |
|
1998 |
Baltimore County Public
Library 50th Anniversary |
Introduces a new logo
and the slogan "Where
you find it"; Logo and slogan appear on banners, billboards, and as eye-catching designs on delivery
vans. |
Baltimore County Public
Library Archives |
|
1998
May 1 |
Virtual Book Club |
Begins as a book club email
discussion group |
Baltimore County Public
Library Archives |
|
1998 June 22 |
Loch Raven Library |
Reopens as a smaller
version of its former self in its original building at 1046 Taylor Avenue,
Towson |
Baltimore County Public
Library Archives |
|
1998 |
Express self-checkout |
Machines first installed at
three branches, Catonsville, Cockeysville, and Towson |
Baltimore County Public
Library Archives |
|
1999 |
Mobile Library
Services |
Read Rover (RR) and
Special Delivery (SD) combine to form one department, formerly called Institutional Services. |
Baltimore County Public
Library Archives |
|
1999 May
|
Infobank |
Joint project of
Baltimore County Public Library's Information Services Department and
Baltimore County Department of Economic Development goes live. The
content is geared toward encouraging business relocation and expansion
in Baltimore County. |
Baltimore County Public
Library Archives |
|
1999 April |
Legacy Web |
Web
presence of historic photos that began with grant from Maryland Division of Library
Development and Services (DLDS) |
Baltimore County Public
Library Archives |
|
2000 February |
Coffee Bar |
First coffee bar in
Baltimore County Public Library opens for service at Pikesville Library. |
Pikesville Library |
|
2000 July 20 |
Unique
Management Services Collection Agency |
Contracted to provide
help in recovering long overdue items and fines |
Flier
explaining service to public |
|
2001 January |
Third bookmobile added |
Dubbed 'Library on the Go'. 30
foot bookmobile holding up to 3,000 items has 4 public computers with
Internet access and lift for people with disabilities. |
Facilities Services
|
|
2001 May |
Administrative Offices |
Move into renovated
second floor. |
Internal
office memos |
|
2001 May 5 |
Randallstown
Library fire |
Early
morning one-alarm fire damages work rooms and roof. The stack areas
had mainly smoke and water damage. |
Baltimore
Sun,
May 6, 2001 |
|
2001 July 6 |
Ask
a Librarian email reference service |
Individual
branch service replaced by a centralized response coming from the
Information Services Department. |
Information Services
Department |
|
2001 July 16 |
Randallstown Library
reopens in temporary facility |
Randallstown
Mini Library, a trailer, opens in Randallstown parking lot with full time service,
adult
and children's
fiction and non-fiction, audio visual, and 10 public computers. |
Baltimore County Public
Library
web announcement |
|
2001 October |
Towson Children's Area |
Opening of the "Kid's Kingdom", a castle with dragons,
for the children of the Towson Library. |
Towson
staff |
|
2001 December |
Essex
Library 'hooks' fish for it's Chesapeake Bay themed renovation |
Essex
reeled in one of Baltimore's ''Fish Out of Water" sculptures when it
was auctioned on eBay. "Holy Mackerel", a brightly colored
40-pound creation by artist Bennard Perlman, first resided in front of
the Baltimore Basilica across the street from the Enoch Pratt Free Library
in downtown Baltimore. |
Branching
Out December 2001 |
|
2002 January |
AskUsNow!
Virtual Reference |
Baltimore County Public
Library and Harford County Public Library provides first LIVE online
reference service to Maryland students as part of a state grant. The
target audience was "high risk" students needing help with homework
related assignments. Eventually the service went statewide to the
general public, as Maryland
AskUsNow!, with many other libraries participating. |
Baltimore County Public
Library Memo |
|
2002 January 7 |
White Marsh Library |
White
Marsh Library returns to full service after renovation and brief
operation as a "mini". The renewed space features a new Children's
area, quiet study area, and express return. |
Baltimore County Public
Library
web announcement |
|
2002 April 29 |
Randallstown Library returns to full service after fire |
Reconstructed Randallstown Library reopens its doors to the public after
devastation by fire almost a year ago, Grand Reopening Ceremony held May
8, 2002. |
Baltimore County Public
Library Archives |
|
2002 May 1 |
Essex Library begins modified service |
Mini library service from Essex Library in downstairs meeting room while
extensive renovations take place upstairs on main floor of building. |
Baltimore County Public
Library Archives |
|
2002 June 24 |
Essex Library |
Essex returns to full service with a Chesapeake Bay theme including
lighthouses, "Fish Out of Water" sculpture , and replica sailboat. |
Baltimore County Public
Library web
announcement. Also
The Avenue News July 3, 2002 |
|
2004 August 18 |
RFID goes live at White
Marsh Library |
White Marsh became the
first library in the country to offer Fastrac technology, which enables
customers to check out their own materials using specially equipped
Fastrac express-checkout machines. |
Baltimore County Public
Library Archives |
|
2005 June 3 |
Mobile Library Services |
Read Rover Plus is dedicated and
begins visiting Baltimore County child care providers.
Purchase was made possible as a result of a Foundation for Baltimore County
Public Library project. |
Baltimore County
Calendar of Events September October November 2005 |
|
2005 June 5 and July 12 |
Downloadable
electronic books (ebooks) and audio books |
Made available through
a partnership with other Maryland public libraries. |
Baltimore County Public
Library Memo |
|
2005 August 1 |
Woodlawn Library |
Operates Mini Library
in their meeting room for several weeks as they undergo expansion. |
Baltimore County Public
Library Archives |
|
2005 October |
Zines
Collection |
Cockeysville Library
hosts a pilot project to circulate zines, small self-published magazines
popular among people in their 20s and 30s. The Library is the first
public library in Maryland to circulate zines. |
Baltimore Sun
October 13, 2005 |
|
2005 October 12 |
Early Childhood Center |
First Early Childhood
Center opens at North Point Library. This was a multi-agency
project named "Focus on the First Years" designed to provide families a
"one-stop-shop" for services to families and a play center with learning
activities for their infants and toddlers. in activities that encourage
reading readiness and child development in the formative years. |
Baltimore County Public
Library Archives |
|
2006 January 12 |
Woodlawn Library |
Official opening of the
library's expanded facilities and Early Literacy Activity Center.
Becomes the first county library branch to provide wireless Internet
access (Wi-Fi) via a radio signal. |
Baltimore County Public
Library Archives |
|
2006 March 23 |
Wireless
network |
All branches and the
Administrative Offices have staff and public wireless networks
available. The customer with a wireless-enabled laptop or personal
digital assistants (PDAs) can access the Internet without plugging into
a modem or other device. |
Baltimore County Public
Library Archives |
|
2006 April 5 |
Lansdowne Library |
Reopens after
being closed since February 1993, occupying the original library building at 500
Third Avenue. Official ribbon-cutting ceremony held on April 8. |
Baltimore County Public
Library internal office
memo |
|
2006 August 17 |
Spro
Coffee opens |
On the third floor bridge to the Towson Library bringing
great coffees to the Towson public |
Spro Coffee Blog
posting August 20, 2006 |
|
2006
September 5 |
Email notification offered |
Customers may receive email notification of their holds,
overdues, lost materials and fines. |
Baltimore County Public
Library internal office
memo |
|
2006
September 12 |
New catalog interface, called Aquabrowser |
Introduced as default catalog. It allows customers to
look for library materials using the now familiar search engine model of
finding information. The former catalog remains available through the
Classic View tab. |
Baltimore County Public Library internal office memo |
|
2006
September 26 |
Text-only
version of web site |
Launched a text-only version of the Baltimore County
Public Library web site. |
Baltimore County Public Library internal office memo |
|
2006
October 24 |
Video game collection |
Released to the public. It features a
collection of children (EC and E ESRB ratings) and adult (T rating)
video games. |
Baltimore County Public Library internal office memo |
|
2006 October 4 |
Pikesville Library |
Groundbreaking takes place for the Pikesville Library and
Senior Center expansion. Library operates Mini Library in their meeting
room for several months. |
Baltimore County Public Library internal office memo |
|
2007,
March |
Braille children's books |
Towson Library acquires
a small collection of Braille board books and picture books
|
Baltimore County Public Library internal office memo |
|
2007,
July 1 |
Floating or Shared
Collection implementation |
Concept of Floating
Collection consists of materials that are not owned by a particular
branch, but are shared by all branches in a system |
Baltimore County Public Library internal office memo |
|
2007 July 11 |
Pikesville Library |
Reopens with an additional 3,500 square feet and major
renovations that include a new children's activity center and story time
room, new magazine/ newspaper reading area, enlarged new book area, a
young adult lounge and a large lounge with assistive reading devices.
Official re-opening ceremony takes place on July 26, 2007. |
Baltimore Sun,
July 27, 2007 |
|
2008 January 2 |
Floating Collections |
Implemented systemwide. |
Baltimore County Public Library internal office memo |
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2008 February 7 |
Storyville |
An interactive early literacy learning
center opens inside the Rosedale library. |
Baltimore County Public
Library News Release
January 28, 2008 |