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Reports that the Hearst Corp. has donated photographs and clippings from the defunct newspaper the "Los Angeles Herald Examiner" to the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL). Statement of Sanford Paris, president of the Board of Library Commissioners, that the donation will improve the library's resources; Description of the collection, which covers the history of Los Angeles from 1900 to 1989; Outlook for the collection to be available at the Central Library building when it opens in 1993.

Relates how Doheny Memorial Library (University of Southern California) librarian Anthony Anderson is collecting materials on the Los Angeles riots of 1992 for a bibliography on the event. `Los Angeles--A City in Stress: A Bibliography'; Its online availability at USC library.

Offers news briefs related to libraries in the United States as of November 1, 2000. Countywide strike which employees of the County of Los Angeles Public Library joined; Budget increase for the Miami-Dade Public Library System; Selection of Julie Cummins of the New York Public Library for the position of editor-in-chief of the periodical 'School Library Journal;' Arrest of a man suspected of stabbing a police officer at the Brainerd (Minn.) Public Library; Former librarian Regina Seltzer, who was voted to be the Representative in New York.

Presents updates on issues related to libraries in the U.S. as of August 15, 2002. Rejection of the exhibit policy recommended by Mayor George Wuerch of Alaska; Funding for the Los Angeles County Public Library; Legislation to address copyright infringement on decentralized peer-to-peer networks.

Reports on the topics discussed at the meeting of the management group of the Los Angeles County Public Library in California. Role of libraries in the practical implementation of technologies; Values of society.

Focuses on closure of several branches of the Los Angeles Public Library in Los Angeles, California due to rainstorms.