UPDATE: Plan To Consolidate North Burien Libraries Put On Hold – For Now

by Ralph Nichols The King County Library System Board of Trustees voted 4-0 Tuesday night (Nov. 29) to put on temporary hold administration plans to close and consolidate the White Center and Boulevard... [Read more]

UPDATE: ‘Angry’ Council to Insist KCLS Board Drop Library Consolidation Plans

by Ralph Nichols A “very angry” Burien City Council insisted in a letter Tuesday (Nov. 29) [download PDF here] that King County Library System trustees back away from yet another attempt to close and... [Read more]

Burien City Council Expected To Oppose Latest Move To Consolidate Two Libraries

King County Library System Director Bill Ptacek wants to close both the White Center and Boulevard Park libraries and build a new one. by Ralph Nichols Burien City Council members are expected to ask King... [Read more]

BREAKING: White Center Libraries To Be Targeted Again By KCLS Board Nov. 29

by Ralph Nichols In late June, the King County Library System Board of Trustees deferred a proposal to consolidate the White Center and Boulevard Park libraries into a new facility (read our previous coverage... [Read more]

FOLLOWUP: More Details From KCLS Board Meeting On N. Highline Libraries

by Ralph Nichols Proposed consolidation of the White Center and Boulevard Park libraries was deferred Tuesday (June 28) pending more information about a possible annexation by Burien of the North Highline... [Read more]

BREAKING: KCLS Board Defers Action On North Burien Libraries, For Now

by Ralph Nichols Proposed consolidation of the White Center and Boulevard Park libraries was deferred Tuesday (June 28) pending more information about possible annexation by Burien of the North Highline... [Read more]

Future Of Libraries Again Before KCLS; Delay Requested Until Annexation Decided

by Ralph Nichols Burien-area residents who hope to save the White Center and Boulevard Park libraries from closure and consolidation in a new facility got a reprieve on May 24. But Tuesday evening (June... [Read more]

Want To Save White Center’s Libraries? Next KCLS Board Meeting Is June 28th

As we’ve previously reported, the King County Library System is seriously considering closing both the White Center and Boulevard Park library branches and consolidating them into one new branch. This... [Read more]

NHUAC To Hear Update On North Burien Libraries At Thursday Meeting

Reports on King County Library System plans for the White Center and Boulevard Park libraries and on updated King County development regulations will highlight Thursday’s (June 2) meeting of the North... [Read more]

Future Of North Burien Libraries Could Be Decided In North Bend Today

by Ralph Nichols This afternoon (May 24) at 5 p.m. in North Bend – about as far away from Burien as possible in King County – the fate of the White Center and Boulevard Park libraries may be decided. The... [Read more]

LETTER: Wake Up, Residents – KCLS Is About To ‘Consolidate’ W.C. Libraries

Here’s the King County Library Staff Recommendation regarding libraries in White Center: Whether North Highline will be annexed will not be known until 2012 at the earliest. The City of Burien plans... [Read more]

Burien City Council Will Face Off With King County Library Tonight

by Ralph Nichols Burien City Council members will receive a briefing at tonight’s regular meeting (7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 22) on the King County Library System’s (KCLS) process for siting libraries. The... [Read more]

Your Empress Of Information Says “Look To Your Library”

by Marilee A. Cogswell
Manager, 
Burien Library

As everyone has shown time and time again, we’re a strong community here in Burien, whether we’re using our beloved library or whacking invasive weeds in a local park or helping neighbors in need, and the month of May will show everyone just how strong we are with this upcoming, helpful, community-oriented event:

‘Look to Your Library’ job-hunting help from May 1st – May 8th at ALL KCLS Libraries!

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]