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Report from Rebecca Miller’s presentation at Association for Rural and Small Libraries Annual Conference, Columbus, Ohio, September 26-29, 2007 by Bonnie Dwyer for the Maine Library Community.
I attended the Association for Rural and Small Libraries (ARSL) Conference in Columbus, Ohio in October, 2007. Several Maine librarians attended, thanks to the generosity of the Gates Foundation’s [...]
Did you miss hearing Michael Sullivan speak at the recent Northeastern Maine Library District Fall (NMLD) Council meeting in October? What a thought-provoking presentation!
According to Michael Sullivan, public libraries are in trouble. Slashed budgets, librarian shortages, governmental and social pressure on library collections and policies, even the closing of many public libraries around the country. [...]
Impressions from Carrie Herrmann’s presentation at Association for Rural and Small Libraries Annual Conference, Columbus, Ohio, September 26-29, 2007 by Jeanne Benedict for the Maine Library Community.
First, I want to say thank you to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Maine State Library for giving me the opportunity to attend the annual conference [...]
The July 16, 2007 issue of Library Hotline reported the following statistics from the 2007 Public Library Funding and Technology Access Study from Florida State University. This study was funded by ALA and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The following represent just a few of the findings from this national survey:
15, 965 libraries reported Internet [...]
Notes from Sally Reed’s presentation at Association for Rural and Small Libraries Annual Conference, Columbus, Ohio, September 26-29, 2007 by Maureen Cole for the Maine Library Community.
Sally Reed, Executive Director, FOLUSA: Friends of Libraries USA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, provided an inspirational, motivating and encouraging presentation
What are libraries for?
Lifelong learning
Literacy
Equal access for everyone regardless of income, [...]