From the Project for Public Spaces April 2007 newsletter:
Why Libraries Matter More Than Ever
By Cynthia Nikitin and Josh Jackson
The creation of the "information superhighway" threatened to make libraries obsolete, but today they are as prominent as ever. Libraries are taking on a larger civic role, redefining themselves as community centers for the 21st Century. The old model of the library was the inward-focused "reading room," the new one is more like a community "front porch."
This is a really good newsletter issue with stories on "How to make your library great", Love, Learning and the Pursuit of Happiness (Notes from a lifetime spent at the library), and more. Recommended.
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