Archive for the 'Libraries Change Lives Campaign' Category

Due to the repair worked needed on the Troke Branch Library’s roof, most ofthe libraries collections and computers will be temporarily moved to Weberstown Mall. Since the most successful libraries are located in areas of high foot traffic, we look forward to what this opportunity will bring. Council Member Susan Eggmen cordially remarked, “”Perhaps people […]

The cultural transformation Stockton is waiting for will take place when our youngest citizens are equipped with the tools of transformation. Salinas is doing exactly this by handing each student in the nearby school district of 7,400 a library card. In our world , the library card represents more than access to fanciful tales of […]

Many individuals overlook the potential of libraries to help the homeless pull their lives together. The Seattle Post Intelligencer published an article on how Seattle’s latest central library built four years ago was built with the homeless in mind. Enjoy!

Nancy Pearl keeps telling this story about the homeless man in the library, because — landmark […]

Some people question the value and usage of libraries by the youth of today’s society; this article from CNN shows that, despite their web addiction, teenagers utilize libraries more often than the adult population. This proves that libraries are not a lost cause, but rather a fundamental and educational foothold for America’s youth.

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Downtown Kansas City has taken its library from being “some ivory-tower isolated repository of dead knowledge” to a brilliant architectural monument as it is dressed up with enlarged book bindings for the face of its parking structure.
The following are a few excerpts from various sources commenting on the library’s design:
“This project, located in the heart […]