Focus on Relevance: Tell Politicians Why Libraries are Vital

In this post, Rebecca Miller, editorial director of Library Journal and School Library Journal, discusses the critical need to help politicians understand that libraries remain relevant and have a critical role to play. She discusses the experience of Kim Wyman, who was elected secretary of state of Washington and shortly thereafter started a “crash course” …Read more

要启动一个花园?现在,你可以在凤凰城公共图书馆获得免费种子

The Phoenix Public Library has recently launched a seed library at the Harmon Library. This new program allows patrons to check out more than 100 varieties of fruit, vegetable, and perennial seeds with their library cards—three packets at a time. Patrons can “return” seeds by donating what they’ve harvested to the collection. This program joins …Read more

预约乐队:牛顿免费图书馆编译波士顿音乐数据库为一般公众

牛顿免费图书馆正在建设波士顿地区的音乐数据库。它已经在其收集大约250个光盘,提供给其顾客和其他与民兵图书馆网络附属的43个其他图书馆内。“牛顿免费图书馆一直在寻找新的方式对我们的惠顾与艺术和连接...Read more

Scores Come to Chattanooga Public Library to Study Library Innovation

在全国范围内,图书馆正失去资金,信息流进入私人住宅,而越来越多,图书馆正在成为静电场所。查塔努加,然而,在克服这些挑战的最前沿。在十一月中旬,100多个图书馆馆长和管理人员来自全国各地,美国拉开序幕由图书馆杂志,聚会,其主办的一年一度为期两天的峰会...Read more