11.25.07

HISD libraries “lacking”

Posted in News at 10:55 pm by Paloma Cruz

HISD’s library shelves are lacking
Report says collections are too small or old, and many schools have none at all
– Houston Chronicle2

Seventy percent of the Houston Independent School District’s libraries have collections that are so small or so old, the state considers them below standard.

And HISD isn’t the only local district struggling to meet state guidelines. Others, including fast-growing Cypress-Fairbanks, also are missing the mark, sometimes because they can’t stock their shelves fast enough to keep up with the influx of students.

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11.07.07

NY Library to become hotel

Posted in News at 12:03 pm by Paloma Cruz

Orient-Express to Build New York Hotel
–Houston Chronicle2

Hotel and leisure company Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. said Wednesday it signed a deal to acquire a building housing the Donnell branch of the New York Public Library and the land beneath it to create a luxury hotel.

The company will pay the library $59 million in cash, in addition to the value of the library space, which the New York Public Library will own and occupy. The overall project is estimated to cost $220 million, including the library purchase.

The 150-room hotel will include a rebuilt Donnell Library location within it, as well as contemporary dining, spa and wellness facilities. Orient-Express said it also plans to expand the existing restaurant and dining business for its “21″ Club, which backs onto the library’s location, by connecting the two buildings.

The property will be marketed under a new “21″ Hotel brand name. The original “21″ Club in midtown Manhattan will remain at its location with enhanced facilities, Orient-Express said.

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disputed children’s book removed from Oprah’s Web site

Posted in News at 12:00 pm by Paloma Cruz

Oprah Winfrey pulls disputed children’s book from her Web site
–Houston Chronicle2

Oprah Winfrey has pulled a discredited children’s book, Forrest Carter’s The  Education of Little Tree, from a list of recommended titles on her Web site, blaming an archival “error” for including a work considered the literary hoax of a white supremacist.

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