• Is It Time to Rebuild & Retool Public Libraries and Make “TechShops”?:  “The goal of this article is to get everyone talking about one of our great resources, the public library, and its future.”
• Redefining the library in the age of Google and Wikipedia:  Article from the International Business Times.
• Storefront Library:  The Chinatown Storefront Library transformed one of Boston Chinatown’s vacant, commercial, street-level spaces into a temporary public library. The project’s purpose is to use a vacant storefront to demonstrate the potential impact of a library in the neighborhood. It also models how communities can move forward in tough economic times to activate urban space.
• Darrien Library - New Shelving System in the Children’s Room:  A VoiceThread about what how Darrien reorganized the Children's Room.
• Darrien Library Update - New Building, New Technologies:  A slideshow of the cool things Darrien Library did to update their space.
• Anythink:  “Rangeview Library District’s current and future growth is due to the support of the Adams County community... the library system has shifted course and positioned itself so the branches are not only valuable resources but community gathering places.”
• Library-in-a-box:  JCPL explains how their library-in-a-box system works, When your item(s) are available, the library will deliver them to an electronically controlled locker system installed at the location you chose at the time you requested your card. The library will notify you that your materials are waiting, and you have three days to collect them from your locker. For pickup, enter your account number in the keypad, and Presto!, your box will open.”
• The Future of the Library: What is a public library for?:  Interesting blog post by the author, Seth Godin.
• Meanwhile, The San Francisco Public Library: The SF Public Library explains what they are all about, in their own words (and images).
• New Library Technologies Dispense with Librarians: A controversial article about how some libraries are redefining service models with library lockers for patrons to pick up their holds after library hours.
• It Ain’t Hip, Happening or Hot: A presentation delivered by Kelley Beeson at PALA in 2011 discussing why Gen-Xers aren’t using the library and what librarians can do to change it.

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