Library Related Links

Blog relevant links for thinking about library service

The Health of Libraries by Ben Shattuck

Why pay for libraries no one needs? (Kitsap area)

Call for a national plan for libraries by a computer geek.

Urban Libraries Council (several nice PDFs for free download, look at their research publications)

A school librarian’s take on transliteracy, a delightful site on K-12 libraries (click down through the older entries for January 5, 2011 “Beginnings Are Always Messy”: Thoughts on Transliteracy and Inquiry from a Learning Advocate

A new report out from the International City/County Management Association

“Maximize the Potential of Your Public Library” (PDF download)