I missed this from the PLA Blog before I left ALA. but there’s a pretty interesting statistic here: 80% of libraries serve populations of less than 10,000. Even a rural-ish library like mine serves a population of almost 30,000.
Category: libraries
coach carter and the values of libraries
An interview with the real Coach Carter where he discusses the value of libraries.
So did the good students end up tutoring the struggling ones?
Carter: Yes. And you know what? We made the library a cool place to be. That was a miracle within itself. [thanks robert]
Carter: Yes. And you know what? We made the library a cool place to be. That was a miracle within itself. [thanks robert]
the interstitial library
While I am busy fixing the broken world of my here and now, please amuse yourselves exploring the arty and mystifying Interstitial Library. [thanks robert]
tsunami info in libraries
Edmonton Public Library has a great page of resources for the tsunami disaster including a premade link to a catalog search for tsunami in the OPAC. [thanks kerry]
yes, public libraries are designed. Yes I know it sometimes doesn’t look like it
When citizens enter a library, they want to see librarians and books. and 26 other rules for good library design. [thanks blake]