• The Human Library:  The Human Library is an innovative method designed to promote dialogue, reduce prejudices and encourage understanding. In its initial form the Human Library is a mobile library set up as a space for dialogue and interaction. Visitors to a Human Library are given the opportunity to speak informally with “people on loan”; this latter group being extremely varied in age, sex and cultural background.
• Read A Book. Give A Book: Simply register to read a book and We give books will donate a book to one of the designated campaigns of your choosing.  Program is meant to provide access to reading materials where they were once unavailable.
• In the Country of Anythink: Library Journal article about the fantastic library system in CO.
• File Format Pandemonium: Great article from LJ about DVDs in libraries, including some helpful selection tools.
• Institute of Library and Museum Services (ILMS) 21st Century Skills:  The Institute's Museums, Libraries, and 21st Century Skills initiative underscores the critical role our nation’s museums and libraries play in helping citizens build such 21st century skills as information, communications and technology literacy, critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, civic literacy, and global awareness.
• Where are all the crazy ideas for libraries?  Where are the crazy ideas for how to rescue libraries from their current plight? A call for links and comments to be shared.
• The Social Physical Library: A crazy idea for “a living, updated-in-real-time site (somewhat like Twitter or Foursquare in the way it works--and it would need IM capabilities built in), ideally displayed prominently on a large screen in the lobby/entrance, but workable even if it was just on the web via a link on the library's home page (that automatically loads when you use the library computers, and that wireless users can choose to load). The page's content: Who's Here? (and what are they doing?)”
• Todd Library: Provides a wonderful example of how library staff can make themselves digitally available to remote users.

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