It has been a while since ALA held the annual conference in New Orleans. It was evident that Katrina had devastated the libraries of the Gulf Coast. That rebuilding effort has continued. The 9th Ward, the area hit the hardest by the hurricane has triumphed over adversity with the opening of their library. This story was reported by the Associated Press in the Times Picayune Newspaper (http://www.timespicayune.com). Think about making donations or finding ways to help with this continued effort.
Library branch opens in hard-hit 9th Ward
10/6/2007, 2:34 p.m. CDT
The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It's being called a beacon of hope for recovery in the Lower 9th Ward.
On Friday, the Martin Luther King Jr. branch library was officially reopened more than two years after it was destroyed during Hurricane Katrina.
"This is the place where you can touch the rest of the world," Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu told students of Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School for Science and Technology who attended the event.
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