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Tuesday, September 24, 2019
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The Decline and Potential Regrowth of the School Library
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by Corilee Christou
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These are trying times for libraries, and librarians, in the K-12 space. School districts across the country are struggling with library closures and layoffs--in Washington, Pennsylvania, and Michigan, to name just a few.
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Technology and Creativity Collide at Tulsa City-County Library
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by Brandi Scardilli
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The ALA/Information Today, Inc. Library of the Future Award is presented to an organization that plans, develops, and applies a patron-training program that explores IT in a library setting. The 2019 winner is Tulsa City-County Library, for its Digital Literacy Lab. I spoke with Kimberly Johnson (the library's CEO) and Kiley Roberson (the library's chief strategy officer) to learn about the lab and its most distinctive feature: flight simulators.
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How to Make Libraries Part of the Digital Equity Solution (3:11)
Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Dr. Nicol Turner Lee discusses how libraries can play leading roles in bridging the digital divide in this clip from her keynote at Computers in Libraries Connect 2022.
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