Monday, August 1, 2011
Ben Schapiro resigned July 7.
Library Board President Mark Albers has issued an official press release about the departure of Library Director Ben Schapiro, saying that he resigned. The details of Schapiro's departure July 7 — including whether he resigned or was fired — had been unclear. Albers cited, "differing visions for the future direction of the Library," in explaining Schapiro's decision to leave. The press release, which is printed in full below, is dated July 29 and was sent to Patch Monday morning. Earlier: Board still mum about director's departure. Here's the full release: Ben Schapiro, Director of the Morton Grove Public Library since 2005, resigned from the position on July 7, 2011. Schapiro cited that he and the newly elected board had differing …
Monday, July 25, 2011
Board member says "immediate" steps are being taken to find a replacement for former director.
The library board recently appointed two interim replacements to fill former Executive Director Ben Schapiro’s shoes, but officials remain closemouthed about the details surrounding his departure. The board appointed Assistant Director Kevin Justie and Natalya Fishman, head of reference, as interim co-directors at a July 14 board meeting. “They are well-respected by the staff,” said Catherine Peters, treasurer of the library board. Earlier: The board votes to remove Schapiro The board is taking “immediate” steps to find a new director, according to Peters. She would not offer any timelines for the search process. Questions remain about departure It is still unclear if the board fired Schapiro or if he resigned. Officials have kept quiet …
Friday, June 10, 2011
The contentious board meeting discusses the role of the library.
After a spirited discussion on Thursday night, the board of the Morton Grove Public Library voted 6 to 1 to approve the library's urban garden project. Trustee Catherine Peters was the one board member to oppose it, calling it a "tremendously ill-conceived plan." Library staff organized the urban garden as a volunteer project which was approved by the library board earlier this year. Flip through the PDF of the plan attached to this article. Near the end of May, Head of Outreach, PR and Programming Rosetta Metz emailed members of the press with news of the community urban garden, describing the project as an edible garden with three 4 feet by 8 feet garden beds on the south side of the library, facing Lincoln Avenue. Three local businesses…
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Patrons to receive $1,000 worth of Playaway audio units for Morton Grove's third-place finish.
After months of promoting, voting and hoping, the Morton Grove Public Library rang up a third place in a national contest and won $1,000 worth of audio units for library patrons to use. Since early November, Morton Grove sat atop the national polling in Playaway's "Picture This Contest," as voters cast ballots from across the U.S. in support of their favorite library branch. From among hundreds of libraries, Morton Grove made the top 10 finalists with its slide presentation that involved mannequins dressed up as library patrons utilizing Playaway products. The contest organizers announced Friday that the top prize of $10,000 went to Rapides Parish Library – Westside Regional Branch in Alexandria, La. “I was disappointed at first,” said …
O.M. Barbrady
9:57 pm on Wednesday, August 10, 2011
OK, Morton Grove, you've got your answer (???!!!) Now move along people! There's nothing to see here (!!!???) more ›