Coverage of
Larkspur Library Board
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- Record Checkouts Are Jamming the Library — and It Has No Backup Plan If the Power Goes OutWeek of Sep 13, 2026
- Record checkouts are jamming the hold locker, and the library has no backup power if the lights go outTue, Sep 15, 2026
- Library board debates whether new fees are pricing community groups out of meeting roomsWeek of Jul 26, 2026
- Library board debates whether new fees are pricing community groups out of meeting roomsWeek of Jul 24, 2026
- Library board debates whether fees are pricing out community groups from meeting roomsMon, Jul 27, 2026
- Board adopts stroller policy, with parking spots at both entrances and a rule against leaving a child behindMon, Jun 1, 2026
- Birthday parties, celebrations of life and late-night finals cramming: the meeting-room policy heads to City CouncilMon, Jun 1, 2026
- Two weeks in, the new library is packed — and the staff hasn't grownWeek of Apr 12, 2026
- New library packs the house — and the board starts counting the costMon, Apr 13, 2026
- Friends of the Library plan a 3,000-book sale for June 6Mon, Apr 13, 2026
- The library has a moving date — and a letter to Council saying it's the cheapest-run branch in MarinWeek of Feb 8, 2026
- Library packs up: closure starts mid-March, Rose Lane doors open March 28Mon, Feb 9, 2026
- Board approves funding letter to Council: lowest per-capita budget in MarinMon, Feb 9, 2026
- The new library has power and a target date: occupancy permit around Feb. 11, books carried over by handWeek of Jan 11, 2026
- Tutoring rules for the new library: four study rooms, two students max, and no money changing handsWeek of Jan 11, 2026
- Tutoring at the new library: four study rooms, two students max, and no money changing handsMon, Jan 12, 2026
- New library is powered and lit; occupancy permit targeted for Feb. 11Mon, Jan 12, 2026
- A $14,000 ebook gap, and 750 neighbors lined up to hand-carry the collection to the new libraryWeek of Dec 7, 2025
- Board faces a $14,000 ebook gap as Libby checkouts hit 64,418Mon, Dec 8, 2025
- 750 volunteers, 1,000 books, 50 minutes: Book Brigade takes shape for the new libraryMon, Dec 8, 2025
- Ebook cap drops to 15 a month, and the board asks who really controls the new library's community roomsWeek of Nov 2, 2025
- Ebook checkout cap drops from 25 to 15 as board pushes for a bigger digital budgetMon, Nov 3, 2025
- Draft programming policy raises a question: who controls the new library's community rooms?Mon, Nov 3, 2025
- Who pays for the new library after the building money runs out? Nobody in the room could say.Week of Oct 5, 2025
- A book distributor's collapse ripples into Larkspur's shelvesWeek of Oct 5, 2025
- With the Commons' fundraising mission winding down, board asks: who pays for the new library?Mon, Oct 6, 2025
- A 'book brigade' from Magnolia to Rose Lane, and a long list of rules for a building that doesn't have any yetMon, Oct 6, 2025
- Book distributor's collapse scrambles Larkspur's orderingMon, Oct 6, 2025
- Halfway to a new library — and half the books aren't coming alongWeek of Sep 7, 2025
- New Rose Lane library halfway built, with an April 2026 opening in sightMon, Sep 8, 2025
- Half the collection has to go: 20,000 books headed for a November sale — and maybe a hand-to-hand moveMon, Sep 8, 2025