Day in the Life of a Library
Can we all just stop saying the Internet is free now?
Last week, Michael Rosenblum wrote a piece for the Huffington Post asking, “What’s a Library?” A library, I maintain, is the beating heart of a thriving community. In this piece, Rosenblum maintains that we no longer need libraries because everyone has access to the Internet, and the Internet is free: “Why, when I can order […]
A Long Day’s Night: Hosting an After Hours Program (A Day in the Life of a Library 2013)
I am an everything librarian. My official title is Senior Librarian, but I am the manager, the adult and teen and tween librarian, the partial youth librarian (I have a part time youth librarian), and the circulation supervisor. I am also crazy about teen programming, and think that it’s extremely important. So much so, that […]
The Life of a Library 2013, in pictures
A pictoral look at what is happening in libraries right now. A part of the 2013 Advocacy Project: A Year in the Life of a Library 2013
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The Life of a Library in 2013
The Prediction Heard Round the World The other day author DC McGannon shared with me a link regarding his 13 predictions for 2013. Check out number 4: 4. Libraries are going to get hit hard.I really, really, really hope I’m wrong on this one, and I’m going to do everything possible on my part to […]
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