No, I’m not talking about community members. Libraries often attract people who want to work in that setting (and perhaps that specific library), and who…
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The March 2019 issue of Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL) is available now. With this issue we begin a new regular column, “Public Libraries Leading the Way.” The…
Leaders can all too easily go through the paces on auto-pilot. Go to this meeting. Deal with that situation. Those leaders who are adept at…
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Days after the Lincoln woman took a recipe book back to the Lincoln library on Superior Street, she received something in return. A letter, and…
Right now, thousands of vinyl records are stored in the third floor of the Minneapolis Central Library downtown. They’re not easy to find — the…
ITAL’s look back at the last 50 years is complete, and we’re taking the opportunity to start something new in 2019. There will be a…
The book-crammed Free Library of Philadelphia has found a way to stay relevant in the 21st century: ebooks. Last year, 28 percent of the Free Library’s total circulation of…