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1964 photo by
Yoichi R. Okamoto. L to R: Martin
Luther King, Jr., President Johnson, Whitney Young,
James Farmer
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February 2 and 3, 2007
Eidman Courtroom, The University of Texas School of Law Friends of the LBJ Library are invited to attend
The Future of the Welfare State, a
conference sponsored by the LBJ Library and the UT
School of Law on February 2 and 3. The conference
will feature a number of notable scholars from around
the world, including E.J. Dionne, Jr. and Nobel
Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz.
For a full list of panelists and a detailed schedule,
please visit the conference website. All
sessions will be held in the Eidman Courtroom at the
Law School. Tickets are not required.
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The LBJ Library web portal on The University of
Texas domain serves not only the Johnson Library,
but also those of Presidents Gerald Ford, Dwight
Eisenhower,
Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, and soon, Richard Nixon.
"About 1992 or 1993, we hooked into the utexas
network," said Fletcher Burton, information
technology specialist for the LBJ Library. "I started a
website for the library, and other libraries noticed
the world wide web and requested we set up a
website."
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You may have noticed the scaffolding and
construction work going on at the LBJ Library and
Museum in recent months, but this isn’t your typical
building renovation. This initiative marks the
beginning of a new era at the LBJ complex with the
much-needed repair of the leaky LBJ Plaza, including
the replacement of much of the Plaza by the Lady
Bird Johnson Center.
While the renovations and modifications to the
existing buildings allow for much needed technological
upgrades and expansion of the library and museum’s
programmatic capabilities, the addition of two
classrooms in the Lady Bird Johnson
Center will provide an assembly area for
library visitors. The renovations will also address
deterioration that has occurred since the library was
dedicated in 1971. The building design was state-of-
the
art at that time, but through the years the building
developed
problems with water leaks.
“We believe the addition will better serve the general
public and dynamically connect the two great
institutions – the LBJ Library and the LBJ School of
Public Affairs - that rise above it,” said Betty Sue
Flowers, Director of the LBJ Library and
Museum. “When the project is completed, the water
problems that have plagued us for 30 years will be
solved, and we will have an educational center and a
beautiful outdoor area that will express the warm,
welcoming spirit of Mrs. Johnson. The LBJ Library and
Museum should have its new Lady Bird Johnson
Center by late 2008.”
January 2007 photo of the LBJ Auditorium taken by
Fletcher Burton.
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For any questions related to your Friends of the LBJ Library membership, please email friends@lbjlib.utexas.edu.
Friends of the LBJ Library
LBJ Library and Museum
email:
friends@lbjlib.utexas.edu
phone:
(512) 721-0176
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