The Lower Ninth Ward

Storm damaged cars piled on top of each other

Remains from the Martin Luther King School and Library, Lower Ninth Ward

Martin Luther King School Library Work Room, Lower Ninth Ward

The new campus of Southern University of New Orleans-- their campus was destroyed. The new library is a double wide trailer, 800,000 volumes were lost.

Benjamin Franklin High School Library was under 2ft of water--this is the temporary library

Alvar Branch Library in the Bywater District, this building was under 2ft of water. The entire collection was destroyed.

Inside the Alvar Street Branch Library in the Bywater District

Volunteer Day, June 23, 2006

Volunteer Day--Check-In, June 23, 2006

Childrens Resource Center, NO--painting in 94 degrees weather and no air conditioning

Sorting the books from the Children's Resource Center

Princeton Public Library Volunteer Group, June 27, 2006

Boxes of books that had to be shelved at the Children's Resource Center. Photo courtesy of Jenny Levine.

Shelving the books at the Children's Resource Center. Photo courtesy of Jenny Levine.

New Story time area at the Children's Resource Center. Photo Courtesy of Jenny Levine.

Is it ready yet? Photo courtesy of Jenny Levine.

Ribbon cutting ceremony at the Children's Resource Center, June 27, 2006. Photo courtesy of Jenny Levine.

Alvar Street Branch in the Bywater District Reopening, this library was under 2 ft of water.

Alvar Street Branch, Bywater District reopens June 27, 2006

Leslie welcomes the bloggers and the Louisiana and Mississippi librarians

Leslie Burger and Michael Gorman

Dancing to Rockin' Doopsie

Leslie Burger, Jay Johnston, and Sandy Ruoff

Incoming AASL President, Cindy Phillips and revelers. Photo courtesy of Jenny Levine

Photo courtesy of Jenny Levine

Rockin' Doopsie

 Rockin' Doopsie