Innovation! Cooperation! That’s Your Public Library!

What a fabulous idea this is, highlighting yet again just how great public libraries are.  I wonder if we could get our local lines company to do a similar thing. The Latest Public Library Loan? Electricity Meters By David Rapp [From the Library Journal] Spurred by concerns about conservation and cost, public utilities across the [...]

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Library Innovation: Get Your Groceries With The Latest Best Seller

In an example of how much library services are changing , and how their role in the communities they serve are changing, comes the following story. Check It Out: Get Your Groceries At The Library by Donna Marie Owens On a bright spring morning in Baltimore, retiree Gwen Tates goes over her weekly grocery list [...]

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The National Public Library: A Speculative Brainstorm

I think I have mentioned it before, but I read and write in the Science fiction/ speculative fiction genres. One of the core elements in this genre is the question “What if?” This question has been coming to the fore of my thinking in regards to public libraries recently. With the pressure on budgets, the Auckland [...]

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