Parklands-Turner
Neighborhood Library

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Today, Mayor Adrian Fenty, joined by Councilmember Marion Barry, Councilmember Harry Thomas, Chief Librarian Ginnie Cooper and members of the District of Columbia Board of Library Trustees celebrated the opening of the Parklands-Turner Neighborhood Library with a ribbon-cutting. The new library, located in the Shops at Parkland at 1547 Alabama Ave., replaces the Parklands-Turner Kiosk.

Get Ready for the SAT

Through Learning Express Library, the library offers practice tests in critical reading, math, writing multiple choice and writing essays. The site also offers study skills and practical strategies for taking the SAT.

Parklands-Turner Is Moving

Library Closed for Three Weeks

The Parklands-Turner Library is moving. The Parklands-Turner kiosk will close permanently today at 5:30 p.m. During the move, books and other library materials can be returned to the book drop at the kiosk or any DC Public Library.The new 4,500-square-foot Parklands-Turner will open on Monday, October 5, at The Shops at Park Village, 1547-49 Alabama Ave. S.E. The new library will be open seven days a week, and will offer expanded services including: 20 public computers free Wi-Fi Internet access

Read National Book Award Winners in Nonfiction

The National Book Award, given since 1950, honors the year’s best work in fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Read past nonfiction winners: The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed (2008) Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA (Doubleday) by Tim Weiner (2007) The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan (2006) The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (2005)

Read the Washington Times Online

Get access to the Washington Times online. Read today’s newspaper, or go back as far as 1990.