LBReport.com broke the news last week that Main Library’s Director of Library Services Eleanore Schmidt was retiring, but the Press-Telegram’s Paul Eakins has what we believe is the first interview with Schmidt.
Check it out. Schmidt, who came to Long Beach in 1989, fought years ago for a library tax that was shot down by Long [...]

After one last budget study session, Long Beach City Council adopted a new $3.1 billion city budget Tuesday that keeps Main Library open–at least for a while.
“City officials have said they still plan to close the Main Library eventually, opening a temporary site in the meantime and building a new library later,” Paul Eakins writes, [...]

Long Beach City Council grapples with Main Library issue
Where does last night’s Long Beach City Council budget study session on closing Main Library leave those of us who live here?
That’s an interesting question–and with just 12 days and one council meeting until the council must approve the Fiscal Year 2008-2009 budget, it’s still impossible to [...]