[infolink-l] FWD: Libraries as Public Spaces

[Eileen Palmer]

Please excuse any cross-posting but I sent this message to our LMxAC list and it was suggested that others might like to see it as well.  Hope you find the newsletter as interesting as I did.

Eileen Palmer

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From: "Eileen Palmer" <empalmer@lmxac.org>
Reply-To: <empalmer@lmxac.org>
Date:  Thu,  3 May 2007 17:18:09 -0400

The April 2007 newsletter called Projects for Public Spaces highlights libraries:

http://www.pps.org/info/newsletter/april2007/

If a building project is in your future consider sharing this with your Board and elected officials.

Look for articles entitled:

Why Libraries Matter More Than Ever
By Cynthia Nikitin and Josh Jackson  

How to Make Your Library Great
14 lessons from local libraries all over the continent.

Libraries and Placemaking
Libraries are the new commons for the 21st Century.
By Diantha Dow Schull

Library Placemaking in Action
Six success stories in community building.
By Diantha Dow Schull

Stumbling Blocks to Creating Great Civic Centers...and How to Overcome Them
Solutions to four common problems.
By Cynthia Nikitin

Love, Learning and the Pursuit of Happiness
Notes from a lifetime spent at the library.
By Jay Walljasper

The Emerging Culture of Place
In an era when cities and towns are changing rapidly, public spaces are the key to reviving civic engagement. Here's how one city is making it happen. 
By Fred Kent and Benjamin Fried

Happy reading,

-eileen
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Eileen M. Palmer
Executive Director
Libraries of Middlesex Automation Consortium
1030 St. Georges Ave., Ste. 203
Avenel, NJ 07001
(732) 750-2525
empalmer@lmxac.org