tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25239644546536028812024-02-07T13:45:09.994-08:00The Library NewsAll about the Library News Dunia Perpustakaan GROUPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00510078850279732475noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523964454653602881.post-59228400143359563462022-03-06T02:21:00.003-08:002022-03-06T02:21:20.544-08:00$70M renovation and addition could be the next chapter for Main Library<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiglCOgwxcC5szhBa5VjHXY5PEa4BViHdjrHZyp09TJBJwqWDg6n88j915z8d9K9J0JlCMmohxPIL4cyvdnNW_DwDjnSNJo0UJNUslXHv8UqZxjvDvKBNiX7QBJLPEQRFluGtue6uhMJcN3FdDPNA9ifvw4YgNhK1ELGQCc2MqUvMA7v4edrPFgkzSn=s1470" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="822" data-original-width="1470" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiglCOgwxcC5szhBa5VjHXY5PEa4BViHdjrHZyp09TJBJwqWDg6n88j915z8d9K9J0JlCMmohxPIL4cyvdnNW_DwDjnSNJo0UJNUslXHv8UqZxjvDvKBNiX7QBJLPEQRFluGtue6uhMJcN3FdDPNA9ifvw4YgNhK1ELGQCc2MqUvMA7v4edrPFgkzSn=w640-h358" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A cafe and new common areas are part of the conceptual designs. (<em>Courtesy of Richmond Public Library</em>)</td></tr></tbody></table><br />A rendering shows the western end of the Main Library, which would be razed and built anew. (<em>Images courtesy of Richmond Public Library</em>)</p>
<p>A new edition of the city’s Main Library is being drafted downtown.</p>
<p>The Richmond Public Library is planning a $70 million renovation and addition of its complex at 101 E. Franklin St.</p>
<p>Preliminary plans for the project, as presented at a community
meeting at the library earlier this week, call for the demolition of 15
percent of the 140,000-square-foot library at its western end near the
intersection of East Franklin and North First streets.</p><div class="wp-caption" id="attachment_141334"><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-141334">A cross-section rendering of the new building shows the library’s planned 70-space parking deck.</p></div><p>That would be replaced with a new section including a roughly
70-space subsurface parking deck, new multi-purpose spaces and more
efficient shelving and storage areas for the library’s collection of
books, as well as ADA-compliant accessibility features.</p><p>
</p><p>RPL director Scott Firestine said that the library is still in the planning and feedback-gathering stage of the process.</p><p>“This is absolutely just the beginning,” Firestine said of the project.</p><p>The majority of the Main Library was built in 1972, and during
construction the new building wrapped around and “consumed,” as
Firestine put it, the site’s original library building that was
constructed in 1928. The 1928 building is what would be demolished.</p><p>The expansion project’s true roots date back to 2009 when the library
began a facilities master plan, but Firestine said the planning began
in earnest about a year ago. The timing works out, as Firestine pointed
out, that they’ve been updating the Main Library about every 50 years.</p><p>In the decades since 1972, Firestine said the ways folks use
libraries have changed and the goal of the renovation project is to get
the Main Library to a point where it can best serve the public in the
modern age.</p><p>“Those (1972 and 1928) buildings were designed around the book. You
wanted collections that were as large and as deep as you could get them.
Bigger was better,” Firestine said.</p><p>“It’s changed from possessing large collections of books to having
access to them. You may need more information than the basic stuff we
have, but we can get it quickly either through electronic means or
inter-library loans. It’s more about having skilled navigator librarians
who can help you go beyond that quick Google search.”</p><p>He used the example of a user searching for a medical text. In such a
field, information can go out of date quickly, and while RPL may not be
able to keep the latest medical books, VCU’s library might, and RPL
could source that book from the university.</p><p>
</p><p>“Libraries have changed and our collections have to be very much
tailored to the specific needs of our community,” he said. “Instead of
having a huge, deep collection, we have a nimble, robust, accessible
collection. We have to continue to evolve with the way the information
is conveyed.”</p><p>Firestine said RPL operates a hub-and-spoke model, with the Main
Library supporting RPL’s eight other branches around the city. The Main
Library’s collection totals about 500,000 volumes – down from 800,000 in
the late 2000s – and Firestine said through new compact shelving
hardware and strategies RPL wouldn’t have to downsize its collection any
further following the renovation.</p><p>“The collections on the floor will be our most popular books,”
Firestine said. “Books that are moving the most to meet the needs of the
most number of people.”</p><p>Since the Main Library is currently two buildings essentially
retrofitted together, Firestine said its excess stairs and lack of
ADA-compliant design present an accessibility issue for users, something
he says community feedback indicates is exacerbated by parking issues.</p><p>“It’s astonishing, when we started doing surveys and we got community
feedback, the biggest thing was parking. People loved the library, they
loved to come down here, but the first and last concern is parking,”
Firestine said.</p><p>The new parking deck at the library would help quell that issue, and
Firestine said it’s in accordance with the city’s Richmond 300 master
plan, which prioritizes reduction of surface parking lots in
neighborhoods such as Monroe Ward. It would be built where the library’s
basement is currently.</p><p>“This wouldn’t expand surface parking. We would be converting space
that we once needed for books into space that could be used for
parking,” he said. “That’s a key element of this conceptual plan.”</p><p>The roof of the new building would be accessible to the public, and
the roof of the 1972 building would be outfitted with solar panels,
something Firestine said would help RPL hit its goal of being the first
net-zero energy use library in Virginia.</p><p>
</p><p>“If you think about a library and what we do, we are the epitome of
an organization that encourages conservation and re-use,” he said. “I
mean, we loan books.”</p><p>Funding for the $70 million project would come from a variety of
sources including private benefactors, foundations and companies, but
Firestine said the bulk of it would come from the city’s capital
improvements budget.</p><p>RPL has tapped New York-based architecture firm Steinberg Hart and
local firm Kei Architects to design the project, and Lu+S Engineers and
Lynch Mykins are listed as engineers.</p><p>Firestine said the next step in the process is for the library to
finalize the renovation concept in the next 60 days, after which it
would submit it to the city in the fall for review under the Capital
Improvement Plan. A further timeline for the project is unclear.</p><p>Firestine recalled a 1986 fire at the Los Angeles Public Library,
which had a similar design and structure as Richmond’s Main Library. The
fire, thought to be set by an arsonist, burned for seven hours,
destroyed 500,000 books and closed the library for around three years.</p><p>He said the story is recounted in a 2018 book by Susan Orlean, “The Library Book.”</p><p>“It talks about how it gutted the L.A. Library. It talks about how
we’re institutions for learning, how we help people in life-long
learning especially if they’re trying to learn something new, or
changing careers,” Firestine said.</p><p>Asked if “The Library Book” is available through Richmond Public Libraries, Firestine laughed.</p><p>
</p><p>“Of course it is,” he said.</p><p>source: https://richmondbizsense.com/2022/03/04/70m-renovation-and-addition-could-be-the-next-chapter-for-main-library/</p>Dunia Perpustakaan GROUPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00510078850279732475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523964454653602881.post-69886915860645219672013-07-21T10:33:00.004-07:002022-03-06T01:52:08.882-08:00A library is not just about books: it's also a place for the vulnerable<div id="article-body-blocks" style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvLcfhyb9VZjb1Yrvevl6ZMoBYF4ifB4kw7m0R2oeJgRS8xLoDOcmHgnQU528ak26uJBtnO1RwoRxgLywyOtdIznYa9dzmUIN3JlT-MKwYQ2z-_WNr9c_iYBAJvEhunf_v7ZyoHNK6UiNb7K-wIMri4cjWx5ERpS_qc1PTs-d1oDX7t6Rtg2QVJc8t" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="460" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvLcfhyb9VZjb1Yrvevl6ZMoBYF4ifB4kw7m0R2oeJgRS8xLoDOcmHgnQU528ak26uJBtnO1RwoRxgLywyOtdIznYa9dzmUIN3JlT-MKwYQ2z-_WNr9c_iYBAJvEhunf_v7ZyoHNK6UiNb7K-wIMri4cjWx5ERpS_qc1PTs-d1oDX7t6Rtg2QVJc8t=w640-h384" width="640" /></a></div><br />The Library NEWS || </b></span>The Library Campaign <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/jul/12/library-campaigners-1000-closures-2016?INTCMP=SRCH" title="">has accused the government</a>
of hiding the exact impact of cuts that could cause the closure of a
further 400 UK libraries by 2016. As a long-term supporter of the
campaign to keep libraries open, I've signed petitions and shared
articles promoting the virtues of free access to books. I believe in the
power of words to transform lives – everyone should be able to enjoy
the education, knowledge and escapism books offer. Yet until recently, I
didn't understand libraries' true value, and just how great their loss
would be for society.</div>
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I have fond memories of my first library.
Housed in a wooden cabin raised on bricks, it was the only source of
books in the north Hertfordshire village I grew up in. I'd run up the
ramp, the drumming of my feet on it heralding my reunion with stories. I
read from one end of the library to the other. It smelled of dust
jackets and hot chipboard. Libraries were a place of magic. My gran, who
lived in a small town, had a mobile library that visited every
fortnight. I'd offer to carry her Mills & Boon volumes, knowing I'd
get to select an extra book for myself.</div>
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When I reached university,
the library was a huge 1960s concrete mushroom overlooking a lake. It
stayed open 24 hours a day in term-time, and 3am visits suited my
night-owl tendencies.</div>
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And then I graduated. My first job in 2001
took me to London. If there was a local library, I was unaware of it. If
I wanted a book, I bought one. Once I went online to see if a book was
available at a nearby Tower Hamlets library, and its website provided a
link to a cheap version on Amazon. So I bought it, and once more skipped
the trip. In 2010 I moved to the home counties and, in solidarity with
the mounting campaign to keep libraries open, joined my local branch. It
would be three years before I returned. In the interim I continued to
feed my own reading habit with the privileged convenience of
middle-class bookshops and online retailers.</div>
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In April 2013 the genetic condition I suffer from, <a href="http://www.patient.co.uk/doctor/Ehlers-Danlos-Syndrome" title="">Ehlers Danlos</a>
type III, rendered me immobile. Unable to type, read, watch television,
or work, I quickly exhausted my dwindling freelance earnings on spoken
word stories. After several weeks of intensive physiotherapy I was
allowed to add a gentle stroll to my day. Bored, in pain and lonely, I
headed back to the library.</div>
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When I saw the aisles full of spoken
word CDs, I nearly wept. The man at the information desk assured me I
could also order any specific disc I wanted. Having been trapped in my
home with little human interaction, chatting with staff about the books
was a balm. Embarrassingly, I had to ask how to use the electronic
checking-out system. I then had to be issued with a new library card: my
original, solidarity-inspired one had never been activated.
Shakespeare's words rang through my head: "<a href="http://www.bibliomania.com/0/6/3/1073/13361/1/frameset.html" title="">O, I have ta'en Too little care of this</a>!' But the library and its team weren't concerned by my absence. There was no judgment. I was always welcome.</div>
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My
own fragility revealed that a library is not just a reference service:
it is also a place for the vulnerable. From the elderly gentleman whose
only remaining human interaction is with library staff, to the isolated
young mother who relishes the support and friendship that grows from a
Baby Rhyme Time session, to a slow moving 30-something woman collecting
her CDs, libraries are a haven in a world where community services are
being ground down to nothing. I've always known libraries are vital, but
now I understand that their worth cannot be measured in books alone.</div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">source || http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jul/20/libraries-books-place-for-vulnerable </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b>The Library NEWS || </b></span>One year into the
$9.5-million renovation and seismic retrofit of Glendale's Brand Library
& Art Center, the original 1904 mansion of city father Leslie C.
Brand is starting to look like itself again.</div>
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Drab "popcorn" ceilings installed during the estate's 1956 conversion
to a library have been stripped away and replaced with hand-painted
Victorian stencil work that was recreated from originals hidden for more
than half a century.</div>
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<a href="http://www.glendalenewspress.com/photos/tn-gnp-me-0720-bran-pg,0,6667325.photogallery"><b>PHOTOS: Brand Library renovations continue</b></a></div>
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Plain white walls are now back to their vintage deep blues, greens and reds.</div>
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Sliding "pocket" doors of mahogany and oak that were sealed up inside those walls now separate rooms.</div>
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A stone fireplace that was smashed to make way for bookshelves has
returned to the parlor, and Tiffany leaded-glass windows that had been
covered over or obscured by grates now refract sunlight onto floors
being converted back to hardwood.</div>
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"We really want people to walk into this house and get a feeling of
how it was when the Brands lived here," Glendale Library Director Cindy
Cleary said. "It will be a tourist destination."</div>
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Or, as Library Administrator Carolyn Flemming said, "a living museum"
— complete with audio tour headsets and possibly even a smartphone
application to guide visitors.</div>
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Work on the 5,000-square-foot library and its companion
21,000-square-foot art center, built in 1969, started last July and is
expected to wrap up before the end of the year, with the buildings
scheduled to reopen for the public in early spring, Cleary said.</div>
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But for now, tens of thousands of books and recordings that make up
two-thirds of the library's specialized music and art collections remain
packed into boxes in the gallery room. Other items have been moved to
Glendale's Central Library.</div>
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Previously scattered throughout the complex, collections items will
re-emerge in a single room featuring one easy-to-use "continuous line of
the Dewey Decimal System," Cleary said.</div>
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Other changes to the 1969 addition include seismic,
temperature-control and disability access upgrades, as well as new
bathroom and kitchen spaces that library officials hope will turn the
Brand Library & Art Center into a destination for weddings and other
special events.</div>
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<span class="toolSet" style="width: 335px;"><span class="byline">By Joe Piasecki, <i><a href="mailto:joe.piasecki@latimes.com">joe.piasecki@latimes.com</a></i></span></span></div>
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<span class="toolSet" style="width: 335px;"><span class="byline"><i>source || http://www.lacanadaonline.com/news/tn-gnp-me-brand-library-restoration-a-return-to-grandeur-20130720,0,1186264.story </i></span></span> </div>
Dunia Perpustakaan GROUPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00510078850279732475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523964454653602881.post-15542674816323691192013-03-28T16:50:00.000-07:002013-03-28T16:50:06.552-07:00Cyber-Library Facilities Popular<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<b><span style="color: #38761d;">The Library NEWS</span> || Otago Daily Times,</b> The number of people using free internet services at Dunedin
libraries is growing at a rapid rate.
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Almost 27,000 people used free internet at the library in the
last financial year and that number is on course to hit
33,000 this financial year.
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Compare that with 16,478 people who accessed free wireless
internet in the first full year of 2010/11 and the trend was
clear - ''it is huge actually,'' Dunedin Public Libraries
library services manager Bernie Hawke said. </div>
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He said free internet was ''part of a larger picture'' that
has seen libraries adapting to the growth of information
available electronically.
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''Libraries have tended to become more than just quiet
'shoosh' places where people come and get books and go
away.''
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He said they had changed some areas in the library to provide
more spaces for people to sit and relax, read books and use
their laptops.
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The free internet is provided by the Aotearoa People's
Network Kaharoa and is heavily subsidised by the Government
(75%). It is available at all five of the council's libraries
and in other libraries around the country.
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The cost to the Dunedin City Council is just $30,000 a year,
including all operating costs, such as maintenance of the 35
computer terminals available to the public.
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''Lifelong Learning Sessions'' were proving just as popular
as the free internet, with 35,000 people attending talks by
visiting authors and other speakers in the 2011/12 year.
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Mr Hawke said the libraries had a growing collection of
e-books and audio books, which was available online.
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More use of electronic research and books had led to a
decrease in the number of books being borrowed, Mr Hawke
said.
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He said there was a false perception that people could get
the answers to every question online but that was not the
case and the information was not always reliable.
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''People think everything is on the internet and it is not,
by a long shot.''
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He said they were just trying to make the libraries
''welcoming and accessible'' and relevant to what people were
doing.
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Free internet is available at all five Dunedin City
Libraries: Blueskin Bay, Dunedin City, Mosgiel, Port Chalmers
and Waikouaiti.
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<b><span style="color: #38761d;">The Library NEWS</span> || The New York Times,</b> On a recent Thursday night, Mark Munoz sat in the library branch in
Corona, Queens, holding his head in his hands as he read a book called
“Magic Tree House: Leprechaun in Late Winter,’’ an adventure novel set
in Ireland. </div>
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The room was filled with readers, as would be expected. But in Mark’s
case, his motivation was not simply the joy of reading – it was a
matter of dollars and cents. By reading, Mark was reducing the fines he
had accrued for failing to return several books that he had borrowed on
time. </div>
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“Today is my ninth birthday, but I have to finish reading before I can go out and have a party at home,” Mark said. <span id="more-453453"></span></div>
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Mark is just one of many young scofflaws who are taking advantage of a
program by the Queens Borough Public Library intended to help younger
library users eliminate their overdue fines. While the penalties for
failing to return an item on time for library users younger than 21
might not seem high – 10 cents per day for a book, $1 per day for a CD
or DVD – they can add up and be onerous for children from families of
limited means. And once library users have accumulated a total of $15 in
fines, their borrowing privileges can be suspended.</div>
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Library officials say that though they want to encourage users to
take responsibility for what they borrow, they also do not want to put
up any barriers between children and books. </div>
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“Children tend to lose track of their things; books sometimes fall
into bathtubs,” said Joanne King, a spokeswoman for the Queens Library
system. “It is important that children realize and maintain their
library privilege. They also do not have much cash at hand either.”</div>
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The system’s <a href="http://www.queenslibrary.org/services/library-card/read-down-your-fees">“Read Down Your Fees’’ program</a>,
which has existed for several years, has proved popular, drawing a
steady crowd of users, especially after school, to many of the 62
branches that make up the Queens Library system. For every half-hour
that children read, $1 is knocked off their fines. </div>
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Some library workers have found other creative ways to get children
to work off their fines. In some cases, children can read to younger
patrons. At one library branch, a staff member offered classes to
teenagers about preparing for the SAT or on how to wear a tie. </div>
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Queens is not the only place where libraries have come up with ways
to forgive overdue fines. The New York Public Library system, which
includes Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island, had a summer-long
program in 2011 giving younger users a chance to read books in the
library to wipe out their fines. Across the country, some libraries ask
youngsters to donate canned foods to have their fines forgiven.</div>
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But at a time when many libraries are facing budgetary constraints,
can they really afford to erase fines, even if they represent a small
portion of their revenue? Thomas Galante, the chief executive of the
Queens Public Library, said he had no qualms about the fine-forgiveness
program.</div>
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“We don’t see the program as costing us money, although it does
consume more staff time since they have to work with children,’’ he
said. “But it is worth the effort. I don’t know why other libraries may
not want to have similar programs; it seems like a no-brainer to us.” </div>
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Some librarians are also flexible when it comes to enforcing the
payment of fines. Jiang Jing Xie, the community library manager at the
Fresh Meadows branch, said, “Sometimes we adjust the amount but would
not redeem the entire fine since the aim is to make them responsible
people.” She continued, “We allow them to borrow books if it is an
utmost necessity for their school work, even if their fine amount is
more than $15,” which would normally result in having borrowing
privileges blocked. </div>
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One of the regulars at the Fresh Meadows branch was Ali Khalid, 13,
who last summer had amassed over $70 in fines. Working off such a hefty
penalty was exhausting, he recalled. </div>
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“I read for six hours each day for two weeks,’’ he said. “I also
participated in the summer art program, and those hours were counted as
my reading-down hours. But since my fines were so high, and I did not
want to ask my parents for money, I gathered my own pocket money to pay
$15 and read down the rest of the fines.” </div>
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After he had finally gotten rid of his debt to the library, Ali said, “I did not want to read a book for a long time afterward.”</div>
<p></p>Dunia Perpustakaan GROUPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00510078850279732475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523964454653602881.post-55405768985448609762013-03-28T16:11:00.005-07:002022-03-06T02:04:38.335-08:00It’s About Time! Marketing Your Library’s Electronic Resources | Not Dead Yet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhk1SI7LL1sa6v4KhZ_yGVyqhs9MQ1zRG5dRtqXVeIbv6OKH4B_XARNqEuD8HI0ES1q5IAwT0TYtRJYdEcbHgpu41_ZBbMrSa8oo-B40p2vP-fF99KAmbpF2bVWoGFHdU82EqJrspTwdpRqZQDcc4dG2XWUZAzSKZSWtivTuGGK0NBQv2QhsYM5yWRW=s300" imageanchor="1" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="232" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhk1SI7LL1sa6v4KhZ_yGVyqhs9MQ1zRG5dRtqXVeIbv6OKH4B_XARNqEuD8HI0ES1q5IAwT0TYtRJYdEcbHgpu41_ZBbMrSa8oo-B40p2vP-fF99KAmbpF2bVWoGFHdU82EqJrspTwdpRqZQDcc4dG2XWUZAzSKZSWtivTuGGK0NBQv2QhsYM5yWRW=w495-h640" width="495" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #38761d;"><br />The Library NEWS</span> || libraryjournal.com,</b> If you had told me when I was a newbie librarian a lot of years ago
that I’d be co-authoring a book someday that had “marketing” in the
title I would have (a) laughed and (b) told you “no way.” I didn’t see
that in my future at all.
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Then 35 years passed. In the interim electronic resources came along,
I got interested in them, started to review them, and they became part
of my daily work and life. A big part. Next I became interested in
library assessment, since it, too, started to form a large part of my
library life (beginning with work on focus groups). When I attended the
2010 ARL Assessment Conference in Baltimore (which turns out to be the
best library conference I’ve ever attended), I heard Marie Kennedy
speak, her presentation entitled, “Cycling Through: Paths Libraries Take
to Marketing Electronic Resources.” Not surprisingly, the room was
packed, and also not surprisingly, what Marie said was taken down word
for word by that audience.</div>
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At the end of her presentation, Marie took questions, and I asked her
whether she had ever thought about writing a book on the presentation
topic. She said she hadn’t—up to that point. So we talked, corresponded,
and collaborated, and the result of that collaboration has just been
published: <a href="http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=4224" target="_blank"><em>Marketing Your Library’s Electronic Resources: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians</em></a>
(ALA Neal-Schuman). It was a collaboration from which I learned a lot,
because Marie was the expert here, being the Serials and Electronic
Resources Librarian at the William H. Hannon Library of the Loyola
Marymount University.</div>
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I don’t think this book would have had an audience when I was first a
librarian. Marketing was never discussed in any of my library classes,
which made some sense at the time since we (libraries) were about the
only places available for research and information sources (except for
those incredibly expensive print encyclopedias that families who could
afford them bought for their kids’ use—encyclopedias that went out of
date in a matter of months).</div>
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Now, of course, you and I are faced with omnipresent competitors
(Google, Wikipedia, social media, et al) that our users turn to—as a
first resort, at least. Combined with that competition we’re faced with
decreasing funds and an increasing expectation of accountability and
resource justification. We know our value to researchers, but what can
we do to come up with the data and beautiful stories we need to have and
to make available to the governments/schools/library
boards/universities/research institutes that fund and administer us?</div>
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We can market ourselves much more effectively and efficiently than in
the past; we can also assess those efforts and adjust them accordingly
on an ongoing, routine basis. And since the electronic resources to
which we subscribe are some of the library’s biggest budget line items,
marketing them aggressively can only be a good thing.</div>
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I’m finding that my newer colleagues are extremely open and receptive
to the idea of marketing for libraries, and I suspect that may be
because they routinely create and promote online marketing presences for
themselves (Twitter, Facebook, online portfolios). Making good use of
their skills with online tools to market the libraries in which they’re
working is a natural extension of their professional lives, and it
heartens me to find that newer-generation librarians are not shy about
marketing themselves. Nor are they afraid of the term “marketing”—my
take on this? It’s about time.</div>
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Teaching the concepts and processes of marketing still seems to be a
pretty new area for library schools to address. A cursory Google search
found just a couple listings of LIS courses on marketing, and in several
marketing was an ancillary focus, rather than the focal point of the
course. Here are a couple of examples:</div>
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The School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<br />
<strong>INLS 701: Information Retrieval Search Strategies</strong><br />
Investigates information retrieval techniques and strategies from the
world of electronic information sources, including commercial and
Internet databases and search engines. Processes for evaluating,
selecting and deploying end user information retrieval tools are
explored including user needs analysis, contract negotiation, <strong><em>marketing</em></strong> and user education.</div>
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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis School of Library and Information Science<br />
<strong>S604: Marketing for Libraries<br />
</strong>Application of marketing concepts, techniques, and technologies
for all library types. Emphasis on matching library users with services
through information, education, persuasion, and partnerships. Topics:
planning, audience analysis, needs assessment, market analysis,
goal-setting, message design, public relations, publicity, promotion,
advocacy, assessment and evaluation, internal and external
communication, and change theory.</div>
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Frankly, I’d like to take that IUPUI/SLIS course myself. It <em>is</em>
an online course. And I would love to hear from anyone who’s taken a
library school marketing course and what you got out of it.</div>
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My wholehearted thanks to Marie Kennedy for a wonderful collaboration experience! Market on!</div>
<p></p>Dunia Perpustakaan GROUPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00510078850279732475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523964454653602881.post-37956938704806569822010-11-05T20:27:00.001-07:002022-03-06T02:06:23.397-08:00Library Book Sale Benefits Community<div style="text-align: justify;">
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The next few days the Friends of the Marathon County library are putting on the Giant book sale.</div>
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"Well I hope that they realize that everything we do up here, benefits the library. And that in turn benefits the community. It's a way to recycle library books, or your books, magazines, we've also got videos, books on tape," says Gail Cain, volunteer with Friends of the Library.</div>
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Features of the library’s $1.2 million face lift – which residents can get a gander at themselves when the library reopens on Tuesday – include restoration of the library’s original wood shelves, existing tables and faux-finish ceiling, and of the granite clock that hangs over its entryway. Energy-efficient (but period appropriate) chandeliers have been installed in the library, designed by Carl Werner and built in 1936 as a Works Progress Administration project, along with cork floors. Opaque shades have replaced the old wood blinds to expose the half-circles that top the library’s long windows, allowing in more light than before.</div>
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“You get the feel for the shape of the windows you didn’t before,” Chisaki said.</div>
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Chisaki said the aim of the remodel was to refashion the library into a gathering space for children, families and seniors, the main groups of people who were using it. With just 3,400 square feet to work with, that meant removing some of the stacks in order to make more people space (the library’s also got more Internet-ready computers and wireless access). Patrons seeking books not in the West End library’s collection can order them through the library’s online system and have them sent for pickup.</div>
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The stacks that had once crowded one portion of the library have now been moved aside to create a nook for teens that features “comma tables” – a round table that can be pulled apart into two – and a pair of leather seats with movable desks attached (one each for left- and right-handed teens). Half of the library has been given over to children, with a goodly collection of kids’ books, a cozy reading area for families and computers set at pint-size tables and chairs.</div>
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“We didn’t have the chance to bust out the walls,” Chisaki said. “So we tried to be economical with space.”</div>
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In addition to the visible, interior changes, the library got a seismic retrofit and was made more accessible to disabled people; new wiring, and heating and cooling systems; upgrades to the library’s bathrooms and staff room; and new roof tiles and a fresh coat of paint.</div>
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Chisaki said fresh landscaping is also planned, and she’s hoping the new landscaping will expose the library’s original cornerstone. And she said a carved-wood piece featuring the flora and fauna of Alameda is being readied to hang on the library’s back wall.</div>
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A similar renovation is taking place at the library’s Bay Farm Island branch. Chisaki said she thinks that library may be reopened in February.</div>
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The official reopening begins with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Refreshments will be served, and members of the Art Deco Society will appear in period dress. Then at 3:30 p.m., the after-school crowd can celebrate as Benny Bendini performs his Incredible Magic Hat Show.</div>
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The library, which is at 788 Santa Clara Avenue, will be open from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays (closed Fridays and Sundays). More information on library programs – like children’s story time, which returns the first week of November – on the library’s <a href="http://www.alamedafree.org/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">website</a>.</div>
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The renovations were funded by the Measure O library bond, which voters approved in 2000</div>
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Dunia Perpustakaan GROUPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00510078850279732475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523964454653602881.post-27244918540063918972010-10-26T01:23:00.001-07:002022-03-06T01:54:51.373-08:00Evergreen library launches drive to buy books<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><b><a href="http://www.highlinetimes.com/2010/10/25/news/evergreen-library-launches-drive-buy-books"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.highlinetimes.com/2010/10/25/news/evergreen-library-launches-drive-buy-books"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcu7-1ue-U8coSSjD9WkxUaFfQ64Ebw_X6kIS94Cf55XWkz1_-iRFl0S4FpLATy4pugnXO5bj99wl9TKJZl6xe-Xswy9qV5d9nDG3iynKu2XxoGpG4vzMrY3ueDnhw5gMOaF9JZ1vtx13TA5nQI8pVsig-Sk6Zghu4EOsTBYAel9jIqeP5AEGL-Qm9=s1200" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcu7-1ue-U8coSSjD9WkxUaFfQ64Ebw_X6kIS94Cf55XWkz1_-iRFl0S4FpLATy4pugnXO5bj99wl9TKJZl6xe-Xswy9qV5d9nDG3iynKu2XxoGpG4vzMrY3ueDnhw5gMOaF9JZ1vtx13TA5nQI8pVsig-Sk6Zghu4EOsTBYAel9jIqeP5AEGL-Qm9=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><br />highlinetimes.com</b></span></span>***<span class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">The Evergreen High Campus Library in White Center has launched an online fundraiser to purchase books to provide students and teachers with resources for reading, research and curriculum supplements. The fundraising goal is $2,000.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; margin: 1em 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"There simply is no money in the budget to fill our library with the books our students and teachers need," said Joanne Glasgow, the school's librarian. "The library plays a critical role in increasing literacy and test scores among students, as well as contributing to the lifelong joy of reading."</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; margin: 1em 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">The library is now looking to parents, community members and businesses for help in raising the needed funds. They are participating in a new online fundraising program called Funds4Books, sponsored by Mackin Educational Resources, a school library and classroom vendor with 26 years of experience.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; margin: 1em 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">For every $10.00 donated, the library can purchase a new book that is ready to be shelved and checked out. Most important, 100 percent of every donation goes to the library.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; margin: 1em 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">To participate, donors go to <a href="http://www.funds4books.com/" style="color: #0066b3; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="www.funds4books.com">www.funds4books.com</a>, and log in to Evergreeen's personal Funds4Books page with the code 4955. From there they can donate via credit card, e-check or check. For those without computer access or a credit card, the library will accept "Funds4Books" checks.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; margin: 1em 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"We are so excited this new donation program is available for schools to raise much-needed money to purchase books and other learning materials," said Glasgow. "The fact that 100 percent of every donation comes right to the library is truly amazing and sets it far apart from other fundraising programs and book fairs. It doesn't require staff or volunteer time, and all the books are labeled and shipped for free.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; margin: 1em 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">"If everyone gives a little, we can reach our goal of $2000," said Glasgow. "I can't wait to see all those smiling faces when the new books arrive."</div>Dunia Perpustakaan GROUPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00510078850279732475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523964454653602881.post-32587140153913593402010-10-26T01:11:00.001-07:002022-03-06T02:08:22.950-08:00Deltona library gets green-building certification<span class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"></span><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcHeaynUmXv9UmrfLU7z6afUMv8Ma2E8OD_6g8KW_wRebsbBXkIzlyITxE1EA3DvVnasccjHlahFHaK52bmdc7Qe5KFo80HnqIvYqIKU02tgvK1fiW-3fmvTqw98x5K7JA_MfZFaYv0XUO2yaNz9hupLPAOPnOvTnwf10MSmtXXDwQ38VmuMp1HjIp=s980" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="351" data-original-width="980" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcHeaynUmXv9UmrfLU7z6afUMv8Ma2E8OD_6g8KW_wRebsbBXkIzlyITxE1EA3DvVnasccjHlahFHaK52bmdc7Qe5KFo80HnqIvYqIKU02tgvK1fiW-3fmvTqw98x5K7JA_MfZFaYv0XUO2yaNz9hupLPAOPnOvTnwf10MSmtXXDwQ38VmuMp1HjIp=w640-h230" width="640" /></a></div><br />DELTONA --<a href="http://www.news-journalonline.com/news/local/west-volusia/2010/10/26/deltona-library-gets-green-building-certification.html">news-journalonline.com*</a>*</b> The public is invited to Deltona Regional Library on Friday to celebrate the unveiling of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design plaque for green-building status.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">LEED certification -- given by the U.S. Green Building Council -- means the library is "an environmentally responsible, healthy place to work," said Lucinda Colee, Library Services director.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">The Deltona Regional Library closed in 2008 during a 14-month project that doubled its size and added the Lyonia Environmental Center and an amphitheater. It reopened a year ago. Part of the plan for the $11.4 million renovation was the addition of high-grade insulation, double-paned windows, an energy-efficient heating and air-conditioning system and lighting, low-volume water faucets and native landscape that requires minimal watering.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">The silver LEED certification was awarded after evaluation by TLC Engineering for Architecture in Cocoa, Colee said.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Along with environmentally responsible materials used in the construction, the library now saves an estimated 22 percent of energy costs needed to run the building, Colee said.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">During the unveiling, which starts at 10 a.m., Deltona Friends of the Library will serve refreshments. Afterward, tours of the Lyonia Environmental Center will be available. The event is free to the public at the Deltona Regional Library, 2150 Eustace Ave., Deltona.</div>Dunia Perpustakaan GROUPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00510078850279732475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523964454653602881.post-76581121685141035832010-10-26T01:09:00.001-07:002022-03-06T02:11:14.041-08:00Library of the Future Could Mean Bye-Bye Story Lady<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8fN5HZ35WWXxQ6qc68--hXqgsnhTDA_wf5CKmS-32DAc0YfVihPC2t2eTNov8H1GhbomY_FtBAcOgwXS9dFVvO12goX96x4P9sTkdoV_2HNwIeQw8RXva1QbTm_0jasOAdOYVz9Qp0N9l8CYgUb7q1o_YIb2Il_iZo2KyYGVx7J8fDBEKCOF3oIX8=s600" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="600" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8fN5HZ35WWXxQ6qc68--hXqgsnhTDA_wf5CKmS-32DAc0YfVihPC2t2eTNov8H1GhbomY_FtBAcOgwXS9dFVvO12goX96x4P9sTkdoV_2HNwIeQw8RXva1QbTm_0jasOAdOYVz9Qp0N9l8CYgUb7q1o_YIb2Il_iZo2KyYGVx7J8fDBEKCOF3oIX8=w640-h442" width="640" /></a></div>The library of the future may look more like a combination bike rack and locker room than the marble-floored, musty-smelling buildings full of stacks and oak card catalogues found in small towns and cities across the country.</div><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; text-align: justify;">The Wall Street Journal says the "Library Express" in Hugo, Minnesota is essentially a stack of metal lockers outside city hall. When you want a book or DVD, you order it online and retrieve it from a digitally-locked cubby a few days later. It's a little like the red boxes in supermarkets where you can rent movies.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; text-align: justify;">Its convenient and more in line with the new digital way of doing business in so many aspects of life. Library afficionadoes worry, though, that it will remove the human element. Reference librarians, library directors and even "the story lady" could become a thing of the past, as distant as those marble floors and hushed aisles between stacks of books just waiting for you to dive into.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; text-align: justify;">Copyright 2010 ABC News Radio</div><br />Dunia Perpustakaan GROUPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00510078850279732475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523964454653602881.post-3105473236898752222010-10-26T00:37:00.000-07:002010-10-26T00:37:35.573-07:00Study: Trumbull Library valuable, but still needs improvement<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"></span><br />
<div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>TRUMBULL --<a href="http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Study-Trumbull-Library-valuable-but-still-needs-722647.php">ctpost.com</a></b> *** The good news is that patrons of the<a href="http://www.ctpost.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=local&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Trumbull+Library%22" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #006699; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Trumbull Library</a> System are getting their money's worth out of the facilities' collections, programs and staff. The not-necessarily-bad news is that these same patrons want more of everything they like about their town's libraries.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">That's according to a study recently completed by library system program coordinator <a href="http://www.ctpost.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=local&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Nicole+Cignoli%22" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #006699; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Nicole Cignoli</a>. Cignoli, a graduate student in <a href="http://www.ctpost.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=local&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Southern+Connecticut+State+University%22" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #006699; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Southern Connecticut State University</a>'s Department of <a href="http://www.ctpost.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=local&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Information+and+Library+Science%22" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #006699; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Information and Library Science</a>, conducted the study as part of her pursuit of a master's degree in library science. She decided an evaluation of Trumbull's library services and programs would not only satisfy her degree requirement, but would benefit the library system, for which she has worked since 2007.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">"I think that all nonprofits and all service entities need to (look at) how they're fulfilling the needs of their customers," she said.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">Cignoli's research included an anonymous survey of library patrons, many of whom praised the system's services and programs. However, they also offered a variety of suggestions, such as improving parking, upgrading computers and providing a wider variety of programs for toddlers and elementary school-aged children.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">Library <a href="http://www.ctpost.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=local&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Firector+Susan+Horton%22" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #006699; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Firector Susan Horton</a> said one of the most frequent words to pop up in the survey was "more." Patrons, she said, seem to like what the libraries have to offer, but want more computer classes, more services -- more of everything.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">Though she cautioned that the library system has finite funds and space, Horton said she and other library officials are looking into how to better serve the public. Many of the suggestions offered by users are either already being implemented (the library system has replaced its computers) or being given serious consideration. For instance, one recommendation was to provide an orientation program that teaches patrons how to use the library's databases and other services. Horton said she liked that idea and hopes to offer such a program down the road.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">The study, she said, "was a very good process that woke us up to things we need to do better."</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">In addition to the survey, Cignoli's study included a cost-benefit analysis that weighed the monetary value of Trumbull's collection, services and programs against the money used to fund the facility. Cignoli found that, during the three fiscal years studied (2006-2009), for every $1 spent to operate the library, taxpayers received an average $5.35 in benefits from library services.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">During the first two weeks of April, surveys were made available at both the main library branch, 33 Quality St., and the <a href="http://www.ctpost.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=local&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Fairchild-Nichols+Memorial+Library%22" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #006699; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Fairchild-Nichols Memorial Library</a>, 1718 Huntington Turnpike. About 165 patrons responded to the survey and offered their opinions on which services they liked best, and what they would like to see changed.</div>Dunia Perpustakaan GROUPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00510078850279732475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523964454653602881.post-17125537371915422102010-10-25T22:50:00.000-07:002010-10-25T22:50:48.114-07:00Library will close for 2nd makeover<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 10px;"></span><br />
<div class="entry-content" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.25em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>ENID </b>—<a href="http://enidnews.com/localnews/x1787496796/Library-will-close-for-2nd-makeover">enidnews.com</a>Public Library of Enid & Garfield County will be closed Nov. 7-14 for the second part of its makeover.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Renovations are a part of the library makeover project called the San Jose Way, which is funded with a grant from Oklahoma Department of Libraries.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Work will be done on the entry area, and new flooring will be installed. Following this work, no more closings should be required for construction work, said Michelle Mears, library director.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Items can be returned during this time in the library’s book drop, located in the alley between the library and the post office.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">There are no overdue fines so no penalties will be applied.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The library will re-open at 9 a.m. Nov. 15 and will continue with regular operating hours.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">For information, call 234-6313 or go to the library’s website at www.enid.org/library.</div><br />
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<div class="bodytext" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b>LIVERMORE --</b> <b><a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_16433533?nclick_check=1">mercurynews.com**</a></b>*The much-loved Springtown Library got a reprieve Monday when Livermore's leaders agreed to keep it open -- but only for eight hours per week.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">Council members in September voted to shutter the 24-year-old branch in North Livermore, one of three library locations in the city. The cut was necessary to help bridge an approximately $1.5 million budgetary deficit resulting from diminished sales and property taxes and other factors, officials argued at the time.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">But the move outraged residents, hundreds of whom have signed a petition during the past few weeks urging the city to find an alternative source of savings.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">On Monday, council members said they were willing to do just that.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">In a unanimous vote, they agreed to allow a librarian from the main Civic Center facility on South Livermore Avenue to be reassigned to Springtown for eight hours per week so that that site can remain open -- albeit in a substantially reduced capacity. The particular day or days that Springtown will be open have not been determined, said city officials, who, in response to some speakers' requests, told meeting attendees they would consider spreading the hours out over multiple days a week.</div>Dunia Perpustakaan GROUPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00510078850279732475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523964454653602881.post-28839162819885750662010-10-25T10:31:00.000-07:002013-07-21T09:09:50.430-07:00New Library Technologies Dispense With Librarians<div style="text-align: justify;">
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HUGO, Minn.—In this suburb of St. Paul, the new library branch has no librarians, no card catalog and no comfortable chairs in which to curl up and read.</div>
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Instead, the Library Express is a stack of metal lockers outside city hall. When patrons want a book or DVD, they order it online and pick it up from a digitally locked, glove-compartment- sized cubby a few days later. It's a library as conceived by the Amazon.com generation.</div>
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Faced with layoffs and budget cuts, or simply looking for ways to expand their reach, libraries around the country are replacing traditional, full-service institutions with devices and approaches that may be redefining what it means to have a library. </div>
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Later this year Mesa, Ariz., plans to open a new "express" library in a strip-mall, open three days a week, with outdoor kiosks to dispense books and DVDs at all hours of the day. Palm Harbor, Fla., meanwhile, has offset the impact of reduced hours by installing glass-front vending machines that dispense DVDs and popular books. </div>
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The wave of innovation is aided by companies that have created new machines designed to help libraries save on labor. For instance, Evanced Solutions, an Indianapolis company that makes library software, this month is starting test trials of a new vending machine it plans to start selling early next year.</div>
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"It's real, and the book lockers are great," said Audra Caplan, president of the Public Library Association. "Many of us are having to reduce hours as government budgets get cut, and this enables people to get to us after hours." </div>
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Some library directors worry that such machines are the first step toward a future in which the physical library—along with its reference staffs and children's programs—fades from existence. James Lund, director of the Red Wing Public Library in Red Wing, Minn., recently wrote skeptically about the "vending library" in Library Journal, a trade publication.</div>
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"The basis of the vending machine is to reduce the library to a public-book locker," Mr. Lund said in an interview. "Our real mission is public education and public education can't be done from a vending machine. It takes educators, it takes people, it takes interaction."</div>
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Public libraries are an American creation. The first was introduced by Benjamin Franklin, who created a co-operative library funded by people who used it. The first tax-supported library was founded in Peterborough, N.H., in 1833, according to Larry Nix, a retired librarian and library historian. Today there are about 16,700 public library buildings in the country.</div>
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Robo-libraries are still a relatively rare sight. Public Information Kiosk Inc., a company in Germantown, Md. that sells kiosks and vending machines to libraries, has had 25 orders for a book-and-DVD-dispensing machine that the company introduced last year. Fred Goodman, the company's chief executive, estimated that, overall, there are no more than a few dozen vending machines now in operation. Still, he expects to sell at least twice as many units in 2011.</div>
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Hugo is a town of 13,700 people on the northern fringes of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area that has seen its population double in the last decade. But surrounding Washington County is struggling to build the infrastructure to support the newcomers: Over the past year, the county's nine-branch library system has cut the equivalent of two full-time workers to trim costs. </div>
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The combination of greater demand and leaner resources is visible in the wait list for some popular books. The system has 32 copies of "Freedom," the new Jonathan Franzen novel set in nearby St. Paul, but 321 people on the waiting list—a 10 to 1 ratio. In flusher times, the wait-list ratio was usually closer to 5 to 1 for popular titles.</div>
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The 20 lockers of Library Express won't solve that problem, but they have made the library more convenient. The county is adding 20 more lockers next month. </div>
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Melody Baker, 47, recently used the lockers to check out the best seller "Eat, Pray, Love,"—"I had to see what the fuss was about," she said. </div>
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The library's main branch is five miles from her house, but Ms. Baker, who is a personal care attendant for an autistic child, says it's hard to get there during business hours when the library is open. "It's difficult for me to get up there," she said of the library's main branch. "This makes it much easier to get library material." </div>
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Dunia Perpustakaan GROUPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00510078850279732475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523964454653602881.post-86674664500703104752010-10-25T10:25:00.000-07:002010-10-25T10:27:00.119-07:00A New Chapter? Librarians Being Replaced with New Technologies<div style="text-align: justify;">When Benjamin Franklin came up with the idea of a public library, he probably didn’t have in mind that the face of the library – its librarians – as well as card catalogs, cozy chairs and fireplaces, and stacks upon stacks of books would no longer be a retreat for bookworms and the well-educated. </div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Faced with layoffs and budget cuts, or in search of ways to reach out a constant on-the-go society, libraries around the U.S. are replacing the traditional, full-service establishments with new approaches and machines to do what libraries do best – provide books, research and entertainment to the eyes and ears of the public. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For instance, a library in St. Paul, Minn., now features a Library Express, or a full stack of digitally-locked, compartment-sized lockers outside city hall. The lockers provide books or DVDs to patrons who have placed an online order that they can pick up at a date of their choice. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mesa, Ariz., plans to soon debut an "express" library in a strip-mall, open three days a week, with outdoor kiosks to dispense books and DVDs at all hours of the day. Meanwhile, Palm Harbor, Fla., has offset the impact of reduced hours by installing glass-front vending machines that dispense DVDs and books. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This wouldn’t all be possible without a movement aided by companies that have produced new machines that help libraries save on costs. For example, Indianapolis-based Evanced Solutions, which creates library software, will begin trials this month on a new vending machine that may hit the market in 2011.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Of course, many familiar with the centuries-old system aren’t too sure about this innovation that could downplay what a library stands for. James Lund, director of the Red Wing Public Library in Red Wing, Minn., recently wrote about the “vending library” in Library Journal.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"The basis of the vending machine is to reduce the library to a public-book locker," Lund said in an interview. "Our real mission is public education and public education can't be done from a vending machine. It takes educators, it takes people, it takes interaction."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Despite the cutbacks on staffing and hours that libraries are implementing to skim on costs, an uneven ratio of demand to leaner resources remains. This is demonstrated in the fact that libraries often have rather long waiting lists for high-demand reading materials, and this probably can’t be solved by any “Library Express” or book kiosk. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Would Mr. Franklin be disappointed in this new chapter of advancements for libraries? Likely. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
<i>Tammy Wolf is a TMCnet copy editor. Previously she was assistant to the editor at The Darien Times, a weekly newspaper in Darien, Conn., where she edited submissions, did page layout and design and helped manage the newspaper's website. To read more of her articles, please visit her columnist page.</i><br />
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