Good Ideas for Public Libraries
For me, library advocacy means celebrating achievements, asking tough questions, and sharing good ideas. I’ve tried to do that here. The blog archive has a number of essays, images, references and kudos that celebrate the contributions of American public libraries.
Here are the tough questions and good ideas I’ve come up with so far…
Tough Questions
- Who is the Vivian Schiller for public libraries?
- Asking the right questions about public libraries
- A ‘do or die’ decade for public libraries
- We’ll get by with a little help from our ?
- Curators and digital docents
Marketing
- Libraries – protect that brand
- Are public libraries glorified babysitting services?
- Idea for a national library campaign and Sing like The Honey Bees
- Librarians get bad press in 2009 and Sexism thrives in portrayal of librarians
- Photo Fridays
Funding
- An Inflection Point for American Public Libraries
- The actual cost of my library
- Better supporting materials for library funding
- Funding what we value
Services
- An Inflection Point for American Public Libraries
- Librarians moving up the value chain
- Being Better Than Free
- My town/library/school dream
- Order tracking & event search
- Fast food and haute cuisine
- iGoogle page of library news & blogs
- Recommended podcasts
Process Improvement
