Chinatown Storefront Library Blog Archive

In the past 48 hours, the Storefront Library  collection has nearly tripled in size, with generous donations from The Learning Project Elementary School, Dawn C. Donovan, Hiroko Kikuchi & Jeremy Chi-Ming Liu, Virgina Ward, and many others. Adam Robinson, Brianna...

We're pleased to announce that a bookplate designed by Boston-born artist, Sarah Sze, will mark each book donated to the Storefront Library's collection.

For the past three days, volunteer crews from Shawmut Design and Construction have helped pack, move, and assemble furnishings for the Storefront Library. Special thanks to Shawmut and also the staff at Archstone Boston Common for working with us to bring the library...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Boston Street Lab, nonprofit producer of the Chinatown Storefront Library, is pleased to announce that real estate firm Archstone, developer and owner of Archstone Boston Common apartments and the recently opened Archstone Avenir apartments in Bullfinch Triangle, has...

Boston Street Lab is now accepting applications for Site Manager of the Storefront Library in Boston's Chinatown. Two shifts need to be filled (morning and afternoon), and the Site Manager(s) will receive a stipend of $12/hour. The Site Manager will be supervised by...