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The Last Video Rental Store Is Your Public Library – 404 Media
News The Last Video Rental Store Is Your Public Library – 404 Media By Claire Woodcock, Dec 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM Audio-visual librarians are quietly amassing large physical media collections amid the IP disputes threatening select availability. This story was reported with support from the MuckRock foundation. As prices for streaming subscriptions continue to soar…
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Charlotte’s $137M Uptown library delayed to 2027 – Axios Charlotte
Oct 10, 2025 – News Sneak peek: Uptown’s $137M, five-story delayed library By Alexandria Sands Construction is progressing, though behind schedule, on Charlotte Mecklenburg Library’s five-story Uptown branch at 6th and North Tryon streets. The $137 million flagship location is now slated to open in spring 2027, later than the 2026 target. Why it matters:…
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How to Protect Your Local Library From Book Ban Campaigns – Bloomberg
Library boards, school boards and legislatures are becoming battlegrounds in a push to censor books. Communities are fighting back. By Ariel Aberg-Riger, April 26, 2023 at 6:12 AM PDT National Library Week in the US comes amid a period of turmoil for libraries, as efforts to censor books intensify. Visual storyteller Ariel Aberg-Riger explores the…
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Opinion | Book bans raise the question: Have we forgotten what a library is for? – The Washington Post
By Deborah E. Mikula and Loren Khogali, September 30, 2022 at 12:18 p.m. EDT Deborah E. Mikula is executive director of the Michigan Library Association. Loren Khogali is executive director of the ACLU of Michigan. Imagine a town without a library. In August, people in Jamestown, Mich., just outside Grand Rapids, signaled with their votes that…
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Welcome to the library of the 21st century – CBS News
Welcome to the library of the 21st century July 24, 2022 / 9:11 AM / by CBS News On a recent Monday morning, the citizens of Kanawha County, West Virginia, came to check out a new chapter in the life of an old institution. After more than two years and $32 million in renovations, downtown…
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Converted warehouse becomes LocHal public library in the Netherlands – Curbed
The sprawling warehouse, which was once used as a holding warehouse for train engines, is now a well-designed community space. Source: Converted warehouse becomes LocHal public library in the Netherlands – Curbed
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The latest free streaming TV service: Your public library
Hoopla and Kanopy offer free streaming movies, TV shows, and documentaries with just a library card. Editor’s Note: My library here has hoopla.. what does your local public library have? Source: The latest free streaming TV service: Your public library
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How Libraries Became Public | Library Babel Fish
It was during an era much like ours when the public library became an American institution. Source: How Libraries Became Public | Library Babel Fish
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Pratt names Ohio librarian to replace Hayden – Baltimore Sun
Heidi Daniel, who has served as the director of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County in Ohio, is the newly selected president of the Enoch Pratt Free Library. (Amy Davis, Baltimore Sun video) An Ohio librarian has been tapped to lead Baltimore’s public library system amid a $115 million renovation to fully transform…
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How the L.A. Public Library Amassed a Collection of 3.1 Million Historical Photos | KCET
If a picture is worth a thousand words, so are the stories behind how this massive collection came to be. Source: How the L.A. Public Library Amassed a Collection of 3.1 Million Historical Photos | KCET
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How Employees Shaped Strategy at the New York Public Library
¶ DrWeb says: This is how a total organization or library can work.. everyone has a stake, is a stakeholder.. everyone has ideas, viewpoints, dreams.. and leaving anyone out of change management means you miss all your voices… “In the spring of 2014, we proposed a radical approach: offer anyone on staff – over 2,500…
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The Seattle Review of Books – An open letter to the Seattle Public Library Board of Trustees about SPL’s “anti-book” agenda
http://seattlereviewofbooks.com/notes/2015/10/26/an-open-letter-to-the-seattle-public-library-board-of-trustees-about-spls-anti-book-agenda/
