Only 49 percent of the library’s website users report being aware of the library’s digital holdings.

The Martin Luther King Jr. Library closed in March for a two-year renovation project.

“We would argue this is the most important civic building in Washington, D.C. except for city hall.”

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library is boxy and dark, but a group of architects want to cut a hole in the middle to let light in and add new amenities to attract more users to the iconic downtown building.

Changing a controversial paraphrased quote on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial won’t be free, and the National Park Service may request private donations to cover the cost.

Plenty of people may have been happy when Interior Secretary Ken Salazar agreed to change a controversial quote on the new Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, but the man in charge of the foundation that raised the money to build it certainly isn’t one.

After plenty of controversy over a quote along one side of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, Secretary of the Interior Kenneth Salazar has instructed the National Park Service to go about changing it.