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Libraries Are the Fabric of a Thriving Community

Want to watch the Super Bowl at your local library?

Blog Post

02.02.2017
Public Libraries

The Role of Libraries in Advancing Community Goals

Follow-up research using the results from a nationwide survey in the Spring of 2016 to examine the evolving role of public libraries in advancing community goals.

BY John B. Horrigan, PhD

Publication

01.17.2017
Public Libraries

Future of Libraries: 2016 in Review

The Aspen Institute Dialogue on Public Libraries launched a series of initiatives in 2016 that are creating new opportunities and resources for transforming public libraries. Exciting new projects will continue in 2017.

BY Communications and Society Program

Blog Post

12.22.2016
Public Libraries

Re-envisioning Winter Park Library

The Dialogue on Public Libraries in collaboration with the Winter Park Public Library released a report designed to spark new thinking and action to transform libraries for the 21st Century.

BY Amy Garmer

Blog Post

10.26.2016
Public Libraries

Libraries are Bridging the Digital Divide in Cities

Public libraries offer more than just books — for many Americans, they are the sole provider of digital access.

BY Clarence Anthony, Executive Director, The National League of Cities

Blog Post

04.12.2016
Public Libraries

Libraries in the Exponential Age

The report of the Aspen Institute Roundtable on Library Innovation, written by Amy Garmer, is a series of ten chapters that investigate how the transformat ...

BY Communications and Society Program

Publication

01.18.2016
Public Libraries

A New Vision for Public Libraries

A new report from the Dialogue on Public Libraries puts forth a renewed vision of the public library.

BY Amy Garmer

Blog Post

01.12.2016
Public Libraries

Libraries of the Digital Future

The FCC’s bold, far-sighted reform beckons libraries, as well as schools, into a major step toward creating digital opportunity equally available to everyone in society.

BY Reed Hundt, Guest Blogger

Blog Post

12.11.2014
Public Libraries

Public Libraries' Enduring and Vital Service to Communities

Having spent almost 50 years in libraries, I am so proud of how libraries have reinvented themselves over time — embraced technology in the automation of professional processes and service delivery, put the library user at the center of all we do, and become a vital partner in the life of communities.

BY David Ferriero, Guest Blogger

Blog Post

10.21.2014
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