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  • Reflection

    Quite often at this time of year (because the year is waning/dying?) peoples' thoughts tend towards reflection whilst they ponder "life the universe and everything". It's actually only one month moving into another (as happens 11 other times during the year) but because it also signals one year moving into another it seems to make all the difference in the world to how people feel about their lives...

  • 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 rainy day (apparently unseasonally so for June?) I hit the mall, to discover a public library nestled amongst the retail therapy on offer. 1. 2. 1. Front...

  • 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’ ) which is really informative and not only because of the links to other interesting sites that hadn’t appeared on my radar previously. Having long wanted...

  • 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." ... and then work and life got in the way so I forgot that I said share some photos back in June. So a month later... Seattle Public Library which opened...

  • 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 called a ‘Multi Media House’ - creating models and visions. Watching the video (NB: reading the subtitles is not always easy due to a sort of 'background...
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