#libararies

[mistchievous]

Do you use your local library?

Yes! I have a card and use it regularly!

Sometimes. I have a card and study there or get a book once in a while.

Yeah, but very rarely. Mainly if there's something I can't do or get elsewhere.

Not really. I buy most of what I want to read.

There's no library near me. :(

Our local library lacks the funding to be of much use, unfortunately.

I'm just not a big library person, so no.

Other?

Voting ended onAug 10, 2023

[fleurral]

can you suggest some books to read?

[livelaughlover17]

"Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind."

~ Virginia Woolf

[americanlibraryassoc]

Our Futures in Times of Change | American Libraries Magazine

American Libraries spoke with three librarians about how their commitment to library values has helped them pursue library futures in times of change.

[yareywrites-blog]

Gallery: The most spectacular libraries in the world

This may be the digital age, but libraries are thriving around the world, as they have for centuries. Many spectacular landmarks, both public and private, continue to be built — or rebuilt. I…

A M A Z I N G G G! 

[libraryadvocates]

Rio Rancho leverages its library to grow small businesses

The idea puts Rio Rancho at the vanguard of a movement that advocates building entrepreneurial resource networks.

Aspiring entrepreneurs won’t be shushed at the Loma Colorado Library in Rio Rancho on Watercooler Wednesdays.  Library staff aim to create dialogue and bridge the gap between entrepreneurs and the resources that can help them.

Watercooler Wednesdays are part of the GrowIt!@RRPL initiative launched in January by the city’s library system and economic development division to grow a robust entrepreneurial ecosystem. The initiative includes co-working space, learning opportunities and networking at the library.

The idea puts Rio Rancho at the vanguard of a movement that advocates for leveraging existing infrastructure, such as libraries, to build entrepreneurial resource networks.  A 2016 report by the American Library Association urged decision makers in the U.S. Small Business Administration, the U.S. Department of Commerce, national foundations and Congress to include libraries in their plans to promote small business development.

And why not? Libraries are easily accessible and contain the resources and staff to guide entrepreneurs and business owners toward growth.

[pseudozine]

locked libraries

[bound4escape]

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