Comments on: Community Centered: 23 Reasons Why Your Library Is the Most Important Place in Town https://publiclibrariesonline.org/2013/04/community-centered-23-reasons-why-your-library-is-the-most-important-place-in-town/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=community-centered-23-reasons-why-your-library-is-the-most-important-place-in-town A Publication of the Public Library Association Thu, 16 Mar 2023 14:36:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 By: Gilbert https://publiclibrariesonline.org/2013/04/community-centered-23-reasons-why-your-library-is-the-most-important-place-in-town/#comment-262517 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 23:45:21 +0000 http://publiclibrariesonline.org/?p=2433#comment-262517 Hmm is anyone else having problems with the images on this blog loading?
I’m trying to find out if its a problem on my end or if it’s the blog.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

]]> By: vivekanand jain https://publiclibrariesonline.org/2013/04/community-centered-23-reasons-why-your-library-is-the-most-important-place-in-town/#comment-102952 Fri, 16 May 2014 04:56:21 +0000 http://publiclibrariesonline.org/?p=2433#comment-102952 Very nice article. Libraries are playing very important role in upliftment of society, all round development in society.

]]> By: Tim https://publiclibrariesonline.org/2013/04/community-centered-23-reasons-why-your-library-is-the-most-important-place-in-town/#comment-26396 Sat, 28 Dec 2013 14:02:17 +0000 http://publiclibrariesonline.org/?p=2433#comment-26396 Sorry, I think Libraries are dinosaurs that will end up being boat anchors on community budgets that they can no longer afford. I loved the library growing up, but like all of us change happens. I read your list of 25 reasons and what’s the ROI? If you want to fund the library go ahead and seek grants, funding, fund raisers.

]]> By: Kathleen Hughes https://publiclibrariesonline.org/2013/04/community-centered-23-reasons-why-your-library-is-the-most-important-place-in-town/#comment-15996 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:41:45 +0000 http://publiclibrariesonline.org/?p=2433#comment-15996 Sorry Greg! Looks like the last page (from the print journal) of the references got cut off. We will fix that asap. The citation for the Dominican University Study: Susan Roman, Deborah T. Carran, and Carole D. Fiore,”The Dominican Study: Public Library Summer Reading Programs Close the Reading Gap,” Dominican University Graduate School of Library and Information Science, June 2010, accessed June 7, 2011, https://jicsweb1.dom.edu/ics/Schools/Graduate_School_of_Library_and_Information_Science/IMLS_National_Leadership_Grant_Final_Report.jnz
Let me know if more questions.

]]> By: Greg https://publiclibrariesonline.org/2013/04/community-centered-23-reasons-why-your-library-is-the-most-important-place-in-town/#comment-15905 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:56:12 +0000 http://publiclibrariesonline.org/?p=2433#comment-15905 Where can I find the 2010 Dominican University study?

]]> By: Kathleen Hughes https://publiclibrariesonline.org/2013/04/community-centered-23-reasons-why-your-library-is-the-most-important-place-in-town/#comment-14750 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:30:13 +0000 http://publiclibrariesonline.org/?p=2433#comment-14750 In reply to Michelle Pettit.

HI Michelle: Apparently that is a typo. The town is Putney, Vermont, not Putnam. Let me know if I can answer any further questions.

Kathleen

]]> By: Kathleen Hughes https://publiclibrariesonline.org/2013/04/community-centered-23-reasons-why-your-library-is-the-most-important-place-in-town/#comment-14707 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:07:40 +0000 http://publiclibrariesonline.org/?p=2433#comment-14707 In reply to Kathy Dempsey.

HI Kathy – We have just started adding these back issues to our site and are still trying to work out a way to include the author bios. We hope to fix that glitch soon. Thanks for writing!

Kathleen Hughes
Editor, Public Libraries

]]> By: Michelle Pettit https://publiclibrariesonline.org/2013/04/community-centered-23-reasons-why-your-library-is-the-most-important-place-in-town/#comment-14321 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:48:58 +0000 http://publiclibrariesonline.org/?p=2433#comment-14321 As a librarian at a small-town library, I often like to look up other small-town libraries when they are mentioned in articles. Call it curiosity, or liking to glean ideas from my fellow librarians. I’m not finding a library for “Putnam, Vermont” in my searches, or even a place called “Putnam, Vermont” …. (although there is a Mount Putnam…literally a mountain, and there is also a Putnam Valley Free Library, but that is in New York) … Any clues on where to find the library online?

]]> By: Kathy Dempsey https://publiclibrariesonline.org/2013/04/community-centered-23-reasons-why-your-library-is-the-most-important-place-in-town/#comment-14234 Thu, 16 May 2013 18:44:32 +0000 http://publiclibrariesonline.org/?p=2433#comment-14234 No biographies for the authors? I’d like to know who they are…

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