Category: american library association
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From ancient emperors to modern presidents, leaders have used libraries to cement their legacies
From ancient emperors to modern presidents, leaders have used libraries to cement their legacies Myrsini Mamoli, Georgia Institute of Technology Here in Atlanta, the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum has been part of my daily life for years. Parks and trails surrounding the center connect my neighborhood to the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical…
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Gen Z and millennials have an unlikely love affair with their local libraries
Gen Z and millennials have an unlikely love affair with their local libraries Kathi Inman Berens, Portland State University and Rachel Noorda, Portland State University A phone fixation may seem at odds with an attraction to books. But the latter may offer a much-needed reprieve from the former. In our recent study of American Gen Z…
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The libraries of the future will be made of DNA
The libraries of the future will be made of DNA Jerome de Groot, University of Manchester This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. There are 6,000 tweets sent a second. In the time you have read this sentence, 42,000 tweets will have been sent. At an average of 34 characters per…
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Friday essay: the library – humanist ideal, social glue and now, tourism hotspot
Friday essay: the library – humanist ideal, social glue and now, tourism hotspot Stuart Kells, La Trobe University This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Last year two Danish librarians – Christian Lauersen and Marie Eiriksson – founded Library Planet: a worldwide, crowdsourced, online library travel guide. According to them, Library…
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143,518 US public library workers are keeping their communities informed, connected and engaged – but their jobs may be at risk
143,518 US public library workers are keeping their communities informed, connected and engaged – but their jobs may be at risk Rachel D. Williams, Simmons University; Christine D’Arpa, Wayne State University, and Noah Lenstra, University of North Carolina – Greensboro This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. America’s public library workers…
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Technology hasn’t killed public libraries – it’s inspired them to transform and stay relevant
Technology hasn’t killed public libraries – it’s inspired them to transform and stay relevant Danielle Wyatt, The University of Melbourne and Dale Leorke, Tampere University This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. In 2017, archaeologists discovered the ruins of the oldest public library in Cologne, Germany. The building may have housed…
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