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Category Archives: Advocacy
Ian Frazier: Defending New York’s Public Libraries : The New Yorker
Ian Frazier: Defending New York’s Public Libraries : The New Yorker. he New York Public Library’s announcement that it is abandoning its Central Library Plan has been praised as a good and sensible thing, and indeed it is. The C.L.P. … Continue reading
A Library for Children — the Stone Avenue Branch
A Library for Children — the Stone Avenue Branch. May 7, 2014 12:07 PM | 1 comment The Stone Avenue Library Branch has stood at 581 Mother Gaston Boulevard for 100 years, and has recently celebrated that fact with a … Continue reading
Public Library Abandons Plan to Revamp 42nd Street Building – NYTimes.com
The New York Public Library has abandoned its controversial plan to turn part of its research flagship on 42nd Street into a circulating library. Credit Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Continue reading the main story In a … Continue reading
METRO Member Spotlight: Washington Heights Library – 04-30-2014 : METRO in New York, NY US METRO
METRO Member Spotlight: Washington Heights Library The Washington Heights Library held festivities in early March to celebrate the library’s re-opening after a four year renovation process. Community leaders and residents joined library staff for a daylong program, replete with a … Continue reading
Bookstores in Seattle Soar, and Embrace an Old Nemesis: Amazon.com – NYTimes.com
Bookstores in Seattle Soar, and Embrace an Old Nemesis: Amazon.com By KIRK JOHNSONAPRIL 11, 2014 Photo Abbie Barronian, left, and Ellie Graves browsed at Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle. The store last year turned its first substantial profit in … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Antiquarian, Bibliophile, Bookstores, Libravore
Tagged Amazon.com, Bookselling, Embrace, Independent bookstore, New York Times, publishers, Ryan Williams, Seattle, Washington
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New Top 10 Reasons Why Libraries are still Important – Stephen’s Lighthouse New
Top 10 Reasons Why Libraries are still Important? http://en.docsity.com/news/interesting-facts/top-10-reasons-libraries-important/ “Most of people predict that the digital age will wipe public bookshelves clean and permanently end the centuries-old era of libraries. Despite their perceived obsolescence in the digital age both libraries … Continue reading
How Public Libraries Are Solving America’s Reading Problem
Comment Now Follow Comments We have a reading problem in the United States. It’s not that people aren’t reading: in fact the Pew Research Center reports that 76% of adults have read a book in the past year. Even … Continue reading
ALA Leadership Institute Participants Continue to Benefit | American Libraries Magazine
Posted Wednesday, March 26, 2014 – 12:40 Laurie D. Borman Last August, 40 librarians gathered at the Eaglewood Resort and Spa in Itasca, Illinois, to participate in the first ALA Leadership Institute. Facilitated by ALA past-president Maureen Sullivan and Association … Continue reading
Americans Still Love Their Libraries
Children use computers at a library in Washington, D.C. David Kidd/Governing More than two-thirds of Americans like their public libraries and use them often, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center. The Pew analysis suggests that new … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Public Libraries, User Experience
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Advocacy Alert: Contact Your Senator, Secure Library Aid Increase
Greetings Library Advocates, The Governor, Senate and Assembly have now all released their proposed budgets and they will negotiate a final budget based on those documents over the next two weeks. A quick summary: • Governor Cuomo’s Executive Budget included … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Public Libraries, School Libraries
Tagged advocacy, budget, Governor, Libraries, library aid, New York State, NYLA, NYS, public librarians, public libraries
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