Q&A with a Problem-Solving Small-Town Librarian
When librarian Jessi Baker learned that kids in her community could go hungry, she started an effort to find a solution.
When librarian Jessi Baker learned that kids in her community could go hungry, she started an effort to find a solution.
With the change, loss, injustice and suffering the past year has brought, community-centered libraries are needed now more than ever.
The circulating journals have themes ranging from Netflix Recommendations to Stories My Grandparents Told.
For its anniversary, the Philadelphia library hosted a Fine Forgiveness Week. Now the entire Free Library of Philadelphia system is fine-free.
Slater Public Library is small, but they have all the space they need for this community-building dinner program.
The Jefferson Market Library shares how thoughtful programming made their branch a place for conversation in Manhattan's Greenwich Village.
Community-Centered Libraries ran a series of workshops where participants developed projects to practice specific skills related to their work.
When the Palos Verdes Library District embarked on a major initiative to serve older adults, they knew the first step: a needs assessment.