New and gently used book donations have been steadily coming in over the past month. Next week, Storefront Library Interns from Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences will take a ”shopping trip” on behalf of the Storefront Library, courtesy of our latest in-kind sponsor, the Harvard/MIT Cooperative Society. Books selected from the Coop will help round [...]

For Chinatown, a new chapter: Residents hope library is preface to new branch (Metro B1, Sept. 21, 2009) Storefront library exposes gap (Globe Editorial, Sept. 25, 2009) This recent coverage is part of a long-standing discussion about how to bring library services to Chinatown. The Storefront Library aims to demonstrate that there are ways—right now—that [...]

The Storefront Library is seeking donations of books.  In particular, we need picture books in English for children, and browse-able materials (such as non-fiction and reference books) in both Chinese and English for adults. Books will not circulate outside the Storefront Library, so titles that can be browsed and read in the space are preferred. [...]

This past spring and summer, students from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, in partnership with the art and design collective Department of Micro-Urbanism, designed and constructed shelving, seating, and workspaces for the Storefront Library, with the support of community design fellowships from Harvard. “This project represents a different way for architects, educators and students [...]