September/October 2011
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Talk to Teens – They’re Still Listening
By Elaine Meyers and Virginia A. WalterAbout a decade ago, libraries were talking to teens about what would make the public library a cooler place. The results of these conversations were captured in Elaine Meyers’s article “The Coolness Factor” (American Libraries, November 1999) and informed the focus of the Public Libraries as Partners in Youth Development project. That world—without Facebook and … Continue reading Talk to Teens – They’re Still Listening
Main Street Public Library
By Wayne A. WiegandOne day in the mid-1990s Doug Zweizig and I were having lunch on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, where we both taught. I was contemplating a history of the small-town American public library, I told him, but wanted a fresh perspective. Eighty percent of public library systems existed in towns of fewer than 25,000, I … Continue reading Main Street Public Library
A Century of Philanthropy: Carnegie Corporation of New York
By Karen TherouxIn 1911, Andrew Carnegie created his last and largest philanthropic institution, Carnegie Corporation of New York, to promote international peace and advance education and knowledge. While staying true to these goals, the foundation time and again has risen to the evolving challenges of the past 100 years. The father of American philanthropy, Carnegie, a poor … Continue reading A Century of Philanthropy: Carnegie Corporation of New York