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BiblioWorks Documentary

Here’s our first pass at creating a promotional documentary / video for BiblioWorks (the non-profit we founded and continue to support that builds libraries in rural South America and provides support to local literacy organizations here in WNC).  Thanks to Paul Sherar for his volunteer

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Library usage up with a down economy

The Boston Globe is reporting increasing usage of public libraries, due to the down economy (yep, that’s right, you folks heard it here first in June, when we predicted library usage would increase after looking at similar patterns during the Great Depression). Now, this, of

Declining economy = increasing readership?

According to a brief article in the Chicago Post-Tribune, libraries in Lake County and Porter County Illinois are seeing a surge in circulations and a rise in patronage, owing, in part to the current economy. Its terrific to hear news such as this, since libraries