What to expect from libraries in the 21st century: Pam Sandlian Smith at TEDxMileHigh
Why do we still need libraries in the age of digital, real-time information? In this emotional talk, Pam Sandlian Smith shows how she works to use the library as a hub for community-based knowledge...
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Translator: Denise RQ Reviewer: Mary Kay When you work in a public library you never know who's going to come through that door, you never know what questions they are going to ask. One day, a young boy who was eight or nine years old asked an unusual question. He'd been hanging out in the library all summer. And he said, "I have an idea. I'd like to check out a room today. I'd like to check out a room for the week as a matter of fact. I've been scoping the space out and you have a storyhour room you are not using and a puppet, a stage that doesn't seem to be used; then I'd like to put together a puppet program for the kids and their families on Friday afternoon. What do you think?" It's an unusual que...
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Translator: Denise RQ Reviewer: Mary Kay When you work in a public library you never know who's going to come through that door, you never know what questions they are going to ask. One day, a young boy who was eight or nine years old asked an unusual question. He'd been hanging out in the library all summer. And he said, "I have an idea. I'd like to check out a room today. I'd like to check out a room for the week as a matter of fact. I've been scoping the space out and you have a storyhour room you are not using and a puppet, a stage that doesn't seem to be used; then I'd like to put together a puppet program for the kids and their families on Friday afternoon. What do you think?" It's an unusual que...
