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Modern Public Libraries
The Forgotten Book Ban Case
that went to the supreme court
By Anthony Aycock — The Washington Post
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The Rising Republican Movement
to defund public libraries
By Fabiola Cineas — VOX.com
Libraries bolster democracy. Republicans want to get rid of them.
When Missouri’s House voted in late March to approve a state budget that would eliminate $4.5 million in funding for public libraries, local and national free speech advocates went into panic mode.
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Seattle Public Library Joins
Books Unbanned Initiative
By Alton Worley II — KOMO News
Seattle Public Library is the second library to join “Books Unbanned,” an initiative to fight for the rights of teens nationwide to read what they like, discover themselves, and form their own opinions.
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New Ruling Threatens the Future of Libraries
Knowledge is too precious to be abandoned to the whims of the profit motive.
By Adam Serwer — The Atlantic
If civilization ever falls to a zombie apocalypse or nuclear Armageddon, we will need to have preserved centuries of accumulated practical knowledge to rise again. And if humanity should go extinct, leaving nothing but our legacy, the alien explorers who discover the ruins of our society would struggle to interpret human history without some great store of information to guide them.
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21st-Century Libraries
The Learning Commons
By Beth Holland — Edutopia
Libraries become a different kind of learning destination when schools re-imagine them as open, transparent spaces that invite student communication and collaboration.
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The Women Who Rode Miles
on horseback to deliver library books
By Anika Burgess — Atlas Obscura
They were known as the “book women.” They would saddle up, usually at dawn, to pick their way along snowy hillsides and through muddy creeks with a simple goal: to deliver reading material to Kentucky’s isolated mountain communities..
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The Books Will Keep You Warm
A celebration of small-town libraries and retro mysteries
By Nikki Knight — CrimeReads
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Clearing the Dust
HOW LIBRARIES ARE CHANGING IN THE 21ST CENTURY
By Rachael Campbell — University of South Carolina
Libraries are acclimating to the 21st century by becoming a modern destination to learn and create with friends.
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Library As Infrastructure
By Shannon Mattern — Places Journal
Reading room, social service center, innovation lab. How far can we stretch the public library?
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Libraries in the 21st Century
THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE PERCEPTION AND THE REALITY
By Pilar Quezzaire — The IB Community blog
Digital technologies are an opportunity rather than a threat to libraries.
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Library Fireplaces We’d Love to Come Home To
By Shana Murphy — BookBub
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New Missoula Public Library (MPL)
The New Library Is Open!
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- MPL Link
- MPL YouTube Channel
- MPL Makerspace Laser Cutter/Engraver
- Reading Challenge
- Get Your Library Card Here!
- A Stance Against Censorship
World’s Best Library in 2022
the missoula public library
Our very own Missoula Public Library was named Public Library of the Year by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)!
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Adam James Books
in the Missoula Public Library
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A New Vision for the 21st Century Library
By Stuff Made Simple — While still places devoted to research, they are becoming social centers, too.
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Part of the Morgan Library in New York City
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Prague City Library
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Public Libraries Are Under Attack
here’s how you can help
By Angie Manfredi — Harper’s BAZAAR
Former librarian Angie Manfredi on the freedom to read and what you can do to support your local libraries from encroaching censorship.
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Culture War in the Stacks
Librarians marshal against rising book bans
By Hannah Allam — The Washington Post
Facing smear campaigns and death threats, librarians are on the front lines of what they call an urgent battle for intellectual freedom.
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Spectacular Libraries
7 Spectacular Libraries You Can Explore From Your Living Room
By Claire Voon — Atlas Obscura
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