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Evolution of an academic-public library partnership. [PDF]
J Med Libr Assoc, 2016 A partnership to improve access to health information via an urban public library system was established in St. Louis, Missouri, in 2011. A multiyear project was outlined that included an information needs assessment, a training class for public library ...
Engeszer RJ +13 more
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A health education outreach partnership between an academic medical library and public library: lessons learned before and during a pandemic. [PDF]
J Med Libr Assoc, 2022 Background: Public libraries serve as community centers for accessing free, trustworthy health information. As such, they provide an ideal setting to teach the local community about health and health literacy, particularly during public health crises ...
Swanberg SM +7 more
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The Returns to Public Library Investment [PDF]
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2021 Local governments spend over $12 billion annually funding the operation of 15,427 public libraries in the United States, yet we know little about their effects.
Gregory A. Gilpin +2 more
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The Power of Hip Hop and the Library
The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion, 2022 Queens Public Library (New York, USA) has presented a variety of hip hop programs and worked with many hip hop artists and entrepreneurs. A holistic examination of the library's hip hop programs and partnerships illustrates a model for analyzing hip hop
Ralph McDaniels +2 more
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A survey of researchers’ code sharing and code reuse practices, and assessment of interactive notebook prototypes [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 This research aimed to understand the needs and habits of researchers in relation to code sharing and reuse; gather feedback on prototype code notebooks created by NeuroLibre; and help determine strategies that publishers could use to increase code ...
Lauren Cadwallader, Iain Hrynaszkiewicz
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Public Library Quarterly, 2022 Public libraries are increasingly faced with patron psychosocial needs, including mental health problems, substance use, homelessness, or poverty-related needs.
E. Wahler +7 more
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Retooling the public library as social infrastructure: a Dutch illustration
Social & Cultural Geography, 2021 Public libraries are more than information providers; they increasingly serve as key social infrastructures. Financial pressures, decreasing membership and digitalisation require libraries to reinvent themselves as primarily spaces of an encounter.
Rianne van Melik, M. Merry
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ABCs of Marketing Virtual Programs [PDF]
Marketing Libraries Journal, 2022 Plano Public Library shares tips based on experience marketing over 650 virtual programs since March 2020, drawing more than 15,000 participants. Ideas for building and promoting quality programs are outlined with respect to audience, branding, and ...
Linscott, Kristin +2 more
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Public Library System in Ankara: A Quantitative Analysis [PDF]
Ankara Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2014 This study investigates 42 public libraries in 25 central districts within the boundaries of Ankara Metropolitan Municipality in respect of five factors according to national and international standards quantitatively.
Bülent Yılmaz
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Library and Parks Bring “Little Free Libraries” to Southside Virginia
Virginia Libraries, 2013 On December 18, 2012, Danville Public Library in Southside Virginia opened the first Little Free Library along Danville Parks and Recreation’s Riverwalk trail system, highlighting collaboration between the city’s recreation and library departments.
Danville Public Library/ Parks and Recre Staff
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