Your Empress Of Information Says ‘Fulfill Your Resolution To Read More!’

by Marilee A. Cogswell Manager, Burien Library ‘We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s... [Read more]

RFP Released To Restore Tsutakawa Fountain Inside Burien Library

The Oregon Daily Journal of Commerce is reporting that a “Request for Proposal” (RFP) has been released for a project that would re-locate the historic George Tsutakawa fountain to the interior... [Read more]

B-Town Artist: Dave Branson Sketches The New Library Building

We stumbled upon a sketch by Burien resident Dave Branson, who is letting us post his rendition of the new Library/City Hall Building he created on Monday, Feb. 15th. Here’s what Dave had to say... [Read more]

Burien Library Branch Holds Sneak Peek Opening

Story and Photos by Janet Grella

Burien’s new King County Library branch held a sneak peek opening Wednesday night (June 3rd) at its shiny digs in the new Burien Town Square complex, and the BTB was there.

Nearly 150 residents, assorted councilmembers, Library Foundation members and, of course, librarians enjoyed wine from Bookwalter Wines of Woodinville, appetizers provided by Tony’s Events & Catering in Seattle along with self-guided tours of the new library…

Library Closes May 16th; To Re-Open 6/13 In New Building

The Burien Library will be closed beginning May 16 in preparation for the move to their new building at Burien Town Square.

However, the large meeting room will be open for holds pickup, returns and Choice Reads only through June 9th.

The grand opening of the new Burien Library building will be Saturday, June 13th at 10am. The new branch will be located at 400 SW 152nd Street in the same building as the new city hall in the Burien Town Square complex…

Area Libraries Will Be Closed Monday Morning

Our “Empress of Information” Marilee Cogswell, the Manager of the Burien Library, sends us this reminder that all area library branches will be closed for staff training this coming Monday... [Read more]

Free Job Hunting Seminar At Burien Library Next 2 Mondays

The Burien Library Guild is sponsoring two Free Job Hunting Seminars on the next two Mondays, March 9th and March 16th, from 6:30pm to 8:3pm at the Burien Library. So if you’re “in between... [Read more]

Your Empress Of Information Salutes All B-Town Bookworms

by Marilee A. Cogswell Manager, 
Burien Library Greetings and salutations to all B-Town Bookworms from your Empress of Information! DID YOU KNOW? The King County Library System now offers downloadable... [Read more]

Your “Empress Of Information’s” February Column

by Marilee A. Cogswell Manager, 
Burien Library Happy belated New Year as well as a premature Valentine’s Day to all! Please Note: All King County Libraries will be Closed Monday February... [Read more]

CityClub Community Matters Meeting At Burien Library

Seattle CityClub (the good folks who hosted the panel discussion on neighborhood blogs that we were a part of) and its partners will host a free “Community Matters Campaign” on Wed., Oct. 8... [Read more]

Your Librarian Is Now The “Empress Of Information”

by Marilee A. Cogswell Manager, 
Burien Library For the legions of all my literary (and librarian) fans out there, you may recall that this column was once entitled “Shush!” (a very... [Read more]

“Shush!” Says Your Library Manager For The 3rd Time

by Marilee A. Cogswell Manager, 
Burien Library As every faithful library fan knows, the expression “third time’s a charm” was probably first referenced in Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s... [Read more]

“Shush!” Says Your Burien Library Manager, Again.

by Marilee A. Cogswell Manager, 
Burien Library Being that this is only my second column for this upstart electronic media publication, I want to take a moment and let everyone know that I do not... [Read more]

“Shush!” A New Column From The Burien Library Manager

by Marilee A. Cogswell Manager, 
Burien Library Welcome to my very first column for the B-Town Blog! Summer is always a busy time for libraries, and henceforth, Librarians, so please show some consideration... [Read more]