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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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