The Future Obama Presidential Library

The site of the future Obama Presidential Library was announced this week after fourteen months of deliberation. The University of Chicago was chosen over the three other finalists: New York’s Columbia University, the University of Hawaii, and the University of Illinois at Chicago. Obama taught at the University of Chicago Law School for twelve years.

For a video regarding the announcement, including the reaction of Barack and Michelle Obama, please see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2Q3x....

President Obama was pleased with the announcement, stating: "With a library and a foundation on the South Side of Chicago, not only will we be able to encourage and affect change locally, but what we can also do is attract the world to Chicago."

(Source: Library Journal at http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2015/05/...)