Svea Bogue: Library gets expansion money
On behalf of the Athens-Clarke County Library board of trustees, I would like to thank the Athens community for its support of the library and our much-needed expansion project.

Elsevier Foundation Awards 2011 Grants to Advance Women in Science and Support Libraries in Developing Countries
AMSTERDAM, January 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- $650,000 awarded to Innovative Libraries, New Scholars and Nurse Faculty Programs The Elsevier Foundation announced today the 2011 grant recipients for the Innovative Libraries in Developing Countries and New Scholars award programs.

Driving force behind Hispanic learning center moving on
The teacher-turned-librarian who spent four years developing an Athens-Clarke County Library outpost into the center of North Athens' Hispanic community leaves this week for a bigger gig.

DuPree, strong backer of library system, dies
Community volunteer LaGrange Cothran Trussell DuPree, one of the Athens library system's earliest and most stalwart supporters, died Tuesday in Peachtree City. She was 91.