Posts Tagged: Greg Lucas

State librarian hunts dollars in DC

State Librarian Greg Lucas. (Photo: California State Library)

by JOHN HOWARD posted 03.16.2017

Prying funds out of the Trump administration may not be easy, but California State Librarian Greg Lucas is giving it a shot. And not just for California. Amid heavy snows and the unveiling of President Trump’s first budget, Lucas went to Washington this week to urge Congress to double the funding for the nation’s public libraries to $300 million, including the more than 1,100 libraries in California.

State Library creates Greg Schmidt collection

A tiny sampling of the books on Greg Schmidt's home shelves.

by JOHN HOWARD posted 12.09.2016

The California State Library is setting up a special collection in honor of Gregory Schmidt, the long-time ranking Senate staffer who died of cancer at the age of 69. State Librarian Greg Lucas said in an email that the Greg Schmidt Collection on Political Leadership will include “any number of books, articles, movies, podcasts, lectures and case studies besides those in Greg’s personal library that inform today’s political leaders.”