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25 July 2008
King County style district libraries ......
More on Washington State public libraries. Before attending the conference I spent a week based in Kent County just south of Seattle itself (staying in an Extended Stay America Hotel - which was fine as a base for touring the area). On a particularly Read More...
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22 July 2008
Supporting public libraries
Following my previous post I have had a pleasant email exchange with Christine Haskell of Seattle Public Libraries Friends Board. She pointed me to the ‘ Friends of Seattle Public Library blog ’ (sub title ‘the goings on of the Seattle Public Library’ Read More...
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17 July 2008
Public libraries
I ended a previous post .... "Before I left Seattle I visited the public library. It's a really interesting building architecturally as well as in other ways. I'll upload some photos soonish - but I'm going to be on leave for a few days. Talk soon." ... Read More...
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05 October 2007
Playing with the public library idea
Aarhus Public Libraries, in Denmark, have published a video on YouTube as a part of citizen driven development of the new main library. The video titled " Experimentarium for children ", shows how children worked with the concept of the library - to be Read More...
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02 May 2007
What do you think should be the future for public libraries?
Here is a chance to say what you think about how public libraries should develop over the next 5 years. Surely a constructive way to combat the kind of thinking behind such stories as covered in the News of the World snippet http://communities.cilip.org.uk/forums/thread/2643.aspx Read More...
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