Tag: Library
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EVENT: 5/11/13 Bike the Branches
What: Bike the Branches (Registration is now open!) When: Saturday, May 11 (Rain Date: Sat., May 18), 2013 10am – 5pm : Bike Ride 5pm – 7pm : Finish Line Celebration Where: All 60 Branches (choose your own route), ending at Central Library For Whom: Bikers, Brooklynites & Library Lovers of all ages Cost: Adults $20…
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What does a library say about its community?
In a previous post I wrote about an upcoming book and event series that discusses open spaces and what the Occupy Wall Street Movement has taught us about the utilization of spaces during times of protest. Whether one agrees with the politics of the movement or not, there are many potential lessons learned from…
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Disaster Management & Public Libraries
Recently I watched Spotlight on: The Massachusetts Public Library Construction Program on US Building Digest‘s website. It is about the construction program for libraries in Massachusetts, which is a state program, as opposed to New York’s more local systems. New York City has three separate systems, by the way: New York Public Library (which…