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In October, public radio produced a multi-part series on libraries with Bob Edwards, former host of NPR’s Morning Edition. The series explores the different types of libraries and programs, and concludes with an episode on privatizing public libraries. The complete program is available from this page. Simply click the link below the episode number to listen.
I thought it might also be interesting to reflect on how libraries are portrayed to the public today versus 60 years ago, as seen in the Vocational Guidance Film below (via LISnews and the Internet Archive).
| Episode | Time | Description |
| Episode 1 Click to Listen |
15:10 | To celebrate National Book Month, we begin a new series examining the successes and failures of our national library system. American Library Association president ROBERTA STEVENS discusses how libraries have changed over the past 20 years, and shares librarians’ struggles to meet the growing demands of their communities even as library budgets are slashed. |
| Episode 2 Click to Listen |
23:41 | We continue our series with library historian MATTHEW BATTLES as he gives the then-and-now of world libraries, from the famed library at Alexandria to the genesis of modern public libraries. He is the author of “Library: An Unquiet History.” Then a visit to the New York Public Library and the men and women behind ASK NYPL, a service that librarians provide for those questions not easily answered by the Internet. |
| Episode 3 Click to Listen |
23:42 | Continuing our series SHHHH… LIBRARIES AT WORK! today’s program focuses on how libraries and reading can enact change in the lives of patrons and readers, even when change is difficult. We visit a book group discussion among inmates at the Jessup Correctional Facility, then Bob talks with GLENNOR SHIRLEY, the Library Coordinator for the Maryland Correctional Education Libraries. She organizes prison book clubs, family literacy programs, and author visits for the thousands of prisoners living in the Maryland State penitentiary system. |
| Episode 4 Click to Listen |
18:24 | In this segment of our library series, we’ll examine an alternative sentencing program in Fairfax County, Virginia, where offenders report to the local library instead of the local jail. We hear from some of the girls participating in the program, then KATIE STROTMAN joins Bob to discuss the success of “Changing Lives Through Literature.” |
| Episode 5 Click to Listen |
15:56 | We continue our series SHHHH… LIBRARIES AT WORK! by focusing on that dwindling but important institution, the school library. Although many studies show that students with access to a full-time, fully staffed school library perform much better academically, school librarians across the country are getting the axe. We’ll visit a middle school in Laurel, Maryland where the librarian is pulling out all the stops to get students reading. GWYNETH JONES has turned her library into the coolest place in school by using technology and even television to get kids interested in reading and learning. |
| Episode 6 Click to Listen |
10:25 | We continue the latest entry of our series on libraries with GWYNETH JONES, “The Daring Librarian” at Murray Hill Middle School in Laurel, Maryland. |
| Episode 7 Click to Listen |
24:42 | In this segment of our library series, Bob talks with KEITH CURRY LANCE, the founder and director of the Library Research Service of the Colorado State Library and the University of Denver. Lance studies the impact school libraries and professional librarians have on student achievement. |
| Episode 8 Click to Listen |
13:16 | We talk with Barbara Jones, director of the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom. The OIF tracks formal requests to remove a book from a library or classroom because of an objection to the book’s content. |
| Episode 9 Click to Listen |
24:33 | We conclude our series “Libraries at Work” by exploring the library’s role in society. The trend to privatize public libraries is growing but when it happens, communities often fight back. We’ll talk to Stephen Klein and Jackie Griffin, two librarians who are fighting to keep their counties from outsourcing their public libraries. |
Welcome to photo Friday! Click on image to enlarge.
View or download the entire collection here.
I’d love to broaden the gallery with more photos and other image types that exude a love of libraries and help reinforce the brand.
Are you a visual person? Please consider becoming a guest artist.
