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Multimedia resources can help advocates make the case for their libraries to funders, policymakers, and the public. We offer the resources below for your use and enjoyment. You may download and share them, giving credit to both the producer (identified below) and Act for Libraries.
If you have a video, podcast, or other resource that makes a strong case for libraries, we encourage you to share it with other advocates here. You may send us digital video, either MPEG, QuickTime, or Windows Media. For more information, please email us at research@actforlibraries.org.
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Reading Public Library Loves the Red Sox
A sign held up at a Red Sox game by Jamie Penny of the Reading (MA) Public Library prompts sportscasters to talk about libraries - as well as baseball!
A sign, some cheers, and a winning team earned a national TV spot for the Reading (MA) Public Library—a particilant in LFF's EqualAccess program—at a recent Red Sox game. The camera caught the enthusiasm of Jamie Penny, Head of Technical Services, whose sign led the sportscasters to discuss the pleasures of reading. Now that's public awareness!
To see the cheering librarians on YouTube, click here or on the photo at left. |
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Jeffrey Scherer
Architect, Meyer, Scherer, and Rockcastle, Ltd.
Board Chair, Americans for Libraries Council
Library Space: Is it the Last Frontier in the Digital Age?
In this interview, architect Jeffrey Scherer discusses new and evolving concepts in library design. Click on the photo at left to go to the podcast, produced and hosted by PALINET. Mid-atlantic Library Futures Conference, May 2007 |
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Diantha Dow Schull
President, Americans for Libraries Council
Trends in Public Library Perceptions and Use
From the Conference: Building Libraries, Building Communities: A Summit on the Role of Public Libraries in
Re-creating Community on the Gulf Coast. Baton Rouge, Louisiana, November 2006 |
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21st Century Library Design Charrette
Expert advice on creating the 21st century library.
Americans for Libraries Council joined with MIT experts and the Louisville (KY) Free Public Library to conduct a library planning charrette in July 2006 to embrace innovation for the design of three new regional libraries. |
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Nancy Tessman
Director/Moshe Safdie, Architect
The City Library: A Community Building
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Martin Gomez
President, Urban Libraries Council
Making Cities Stronger:
Public Library Contributions to Local Urban Development
Urban Libraries Council |
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The Parent/Child Workshop
Family Place Libraries
The national emergent literacy program developed by Middle Country (NY) Public Library and Libraries for the Future, the Program Division of Americans for Libraries Council. |
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Campaign for New Haven’s Library of the 21st Century: Celebrating the Wilson Library
New Haven Free Public Library
Sponsored by Patrons of the New Haven Free Public Library
and Seedlings Foundation. |
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Georgia’s Public Libraries: For All Georgians
Georgia Public Libraries
Funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services
March, 2006 |
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