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"This isn’t a computer program — it’s a librarian doing it in the course of their day,” said Amy Mikel of Brooklyn Public Library.
6 Ways To Become a Power User of the Public Library
You have a library card and you know the library is more than just a "Netflix for books." Maybe you know about your library's ebook offerings and maybe you know you can borrow audiobooks or DVDs. But
10 facts about Americans and public libraries
Technology and the internet are changing Americans’ reading habits and also their relationship with libraries. But what hasn’t changed is Americans’ love for books.
How to Use a Public Library
Has it been a while since you've been to a public library? If so, you may be surprised to learn that libraries have changed for the better. It's been years since they were dusty little rooms with books. Most libraries have transformed...
How the Public Library Can Save You Money
Read essays by four women who saved a bundle thanks to their local branches
How the Southlake Public Library Connects People and Builds Community
Whether you are in a small town or a major city, the public library is the centerpiece that helps bridge the gap...
How to get free e-books from your public library
You can borrow books, audiobooks, even kids' books, all without spending a penny.
Kindle’s US Public Library integration is exactly what Apple Books needs
Apple Books should gain US public library integration similar to Amazon's Kindle in order to encourage young readers to try new books.
How Libraries Save Lives
One woman’s story of how a bookmobile transported her away from a deadly life and toward her human potential.
How to Make Your Library Great
14 lessons from local libraries across the continent.
What Libraries Can (Still) Do
Librarians will need to cherish their special talent as “stewards” while letting go of the instinct to be “collectors.” Knowledge in physical form needs to be preserved and curated. But with digital information pouring into iPhones and Kindles in petabytes, libraries need to rethink old habits. They cannot collect everything, or even a small fraction of everything.
How Libraries Are Becoming Modern Makerspaces
They’ve long served as communal gathering spots, but these civic institutions are becoming gateways to technological tinkering.
How US libraries are becoming community problem solvers
From Obamacare to getting kids reading, libraries have a bigger part to play in local communities than ever before, says Larra Clark
How to Protect Your Library With Medieval Book Curses
Medieval scribes protected their work by threatening death, or worse.
How libraries can save the Internet of Things from the Web's centralized fate
Everyone thinks libraries have a positive role to play in the world, but that role differs greatly based on whether you’re talking to a librarian or a patron. Ask a patron what libraries have in co…
What Does the Next-Generation School Library Look Like?
A school library blossoms from a quiet reading and research space to a full-scale "Learning Commons."
What Your Library Can Do For You: Back to School Library Resources
With the internet at our fingertips, we sometimes forget that your public library can do so much for you! Be sure to check out what you library can do for you or your kids when they go back to school!
45 Classic Library Design Ideas
See the most stylish ways to stack treasured reads.
How do you use the Indian Trails Public Library? District survey wants to know
As officials with the Wheeling-based Indian Trails Public Library District plan for the future, patrons are being asked to complete a survey about their library habits.
How School Libraries Are Becoming Cool
Reimagining reading with sound effects and animation
Is the Library of Things an answer to our peak stuff problem?
New social enterprise lending everything from spades to wetsuits is one of a new breed of organisations pitched as a democratic alternative to Uber and Airbnb
