The efforts of the North Carolina Library Commission made it possible for bookmobiles such as the one shown to travel to small towns and rural areas. ^cs
A look at the importance of libraries in the 21st century, as both physical and digital spaces.
A public library is predicated on an ethos of sharing and egalitarianism. It is nonjudgmental. It stands in stark opposition to the materialism and individualism that otherwise define our culture. It is defiantly, proudly, communal. The sociologist Eric Klinenberg reminds us that libraries were once called palaces for the people. Klinenberg is interested in the ways that common spaces can repair our fractious and polarized civic life. And though he argues in his new book that playgrounds, sporting clubs, diners, parks, farmer’s markets, and churches—anything, really, that puts people in close contact with one another—have the capacity to strengthen what Tocqueville called the cross-cutting ties that bind us to those who in many ways are different from us, he suggests that libraries may be the most effective.
Singapore for Less - Public and community libraries - Free books, air-con and WiFi
Go to the library. Read a book.
Archive and related resources from September 26, 2011 webinar with Tracey Jones-Grant, Kenneth Williment, and Randy Gatley on the Working Together Project and ongoing Community-Led library efforts.
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Libraries are changing - all over the world - with a range of services and creative opportunities for users, reshaping the very idea of the public library.
If you’re searching for public libraries in Georgia, here are the 10 top libraries in the state.
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American public libraries operate under white supremacy. It's time to dismantle it.
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Robert Dawson spent 18 years travelling across the United States to photograph hundreds of public libraries
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All public libraries contain magic, but these are some of the most beautiful from around the world.
