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The Lamond-Riggs/Lillian J. Huff Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library in the Queens Chapel neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is located at 5401 South Dakota Avenue NE. [1] [2] [3] Residents had requested a library for the area as early as 1957; the current building opened in 1983 at a cost of $2 million ...
In 2001 the library received a $6.5 million gift from Professor Ruth Gottesman, to establish 'the Library of the Future'. [4] A dedication ceremony was held on November 4, 2004. [ 5 ] Previously the library of Teachers College was known as Milbank Memorial Library, named after Thomas Milbank and dedicated as such in 1982. [ 6 ]
University of Phoenix–Washington DC Campus: Private for-profit Special-focus institution: 203 1976 [29] HLC: University of the District of Columbia: Public Master's university: 3,577 1851 [30] ACEN, ABFSE, AND, ASHA, JRCERT, MSCHE: University of the Potomac–Washington DC Campus: Private for-profit Special-focus institution: 534 1989 [31] MSCHE
Columbia University Libraries is the library system of Columbia University and one of the largest academic library systems in North America. With 15.0 million volumes and over 160,000 journals and serials, as well as extensive electronic resources, manuscripts, rare books, microforms, maps, and graphic and audio-visual materials, it is the fifth-largest academic library in the United States ...
Carnegie Libraries: Their History and Impact on American Public Library Development. Chicago: American Library Association. ISBN 0-8389-0022-4. Jones, Theodore (1997). Carnegie Libraries Across America. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-14422-3. Miller, Durand R. (1943). Carnegie Grants for Library Buildings, 1890-1917. New York: Carnegie ...
The library was damaged by arson in January 1982 and remained closed for repairs until February 1983. [7] Neighborhood support helped it survive an effort by city officials to close it in the 1980s. [8] Anthony A. Williams, the fifth mayor of the District of Columbia, kicked off his 1998 campaign at a rally on the library's front lawn. [9]
The Bellevue/William O. Lockridge Neighborhood Library was built in 1959 as the Washington Highlands Branch Library, funded under a public works program for the District of Columbia. The building was renamed by the DC Council after it was rebuilt on the original site in 2012. [2]
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 .