在纽约州图书馆般横跨对口国家用新的方法来绘制顾客和读取，创建，并加强他们对社会关系搞试验他们。总之，他们正在努力变得更加重要。该皮茨福德公共图书馆，例如，主机会丢弃，在会议上掌握了Kindle，iPad的，和智能手机。帕尔马公共图书馆举办艺术表演。该州其他的库安装咖啡机，创造非正式会议室和扩大朋友的最库书店。
The digital age says Keith Michael Fiels, ALA executive director, “means fundamental change in the very nature of what we do and how we do it … Increasingly, libraries are serving as conveners, bringing community members together to articulate their aspirations and then innovating in order to become active partners and a driving force in community development and community change.”
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