Opinion | The golden age of public libraries dawns again – The Washington Post
By Editorial Board, Yesterday, 1/1/2021, at 8:00 a.m. EST As the world enters 2022, public…
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Public Libraries and the Pandemic
Digital Shifts and Disparities to Overcome Shutterstock By: Lisa Guernsey and Sabia Prescott and Claire Park Last updated…
In Praise of Public Libraries | by Sue Halpern | The New York Review of Books
A public library is predicated on an ethos of sharing and egalitarianism. It is…
How American Cities Got Their Libraries – CityLab
A visual exploration of how a critical piece of social infrastructure came to be. Source:…
13 Reasons Why Libraries are Holding Us All Together | Read It Forward
Tiffany King, author of Eat at Home Tonight, argues why libraries are relevant, why they…
A Day in the Life: Reference Librarian at a Public Library
An hour-by-hour account of an average day in the life of a reference librarian serving…
Why public libraries are still essential in 2018 – Vox
Libraries exist for the public. Amazon exists to maximize profits. Source: Why public libraries are…
National Library Week: Andrew Carnegie built 1,700 public libraries. But some towns refused his money. – The Washington Post
After a deadly strike at a Carnegie steel plant, some working-class communities refused to erect…
How public libraries help build healthy communities | Brookings Institution
Marcela Cabello and Stuart Butler examine the important role libraries play in communities. “They…
How Libraries Became Public II | Library Babel Fish
Women had a lot to do with it, just as masculinity has a lot to…
6 Ways to Support Public Libraries | Teen Vogue
Check out these six ways. Source: 6 Ways to Support Public Libraries | Teen Vogue
New York Public Library launches imprint to publish books inspired by its collections | Books | The Guardian
Excellent effort, no reason libraries cannot be publishers.. even local smaller libraries can do it,…
