The variety and range of libraries and the issues that are
part of their daily and strategic concerns are not always obvious to the
general public. There is not a shortage
of coverage of specific issues facing libraries such as e-books, funding, etc.
and occasionally there is a more general survey about the future of libraries
or how they are evolving. For national
audiences, the May 14th Wall Street
Journal article, “The Library’s Future Is Not an Open Book” does a fine job giving a sense of the
challenges and rationale that urban libraries face nationwide and how it is
being addressed through planning and architecture. One will see echoes and demonstrations of PPL
in that piece.
For Mainers seeking to understand our statewide library
landscape the newest issue of the Maine Policy Review offers a wonderful blend of comment on the history,
philosophy, service and strategic challenges associated with Maine’s libraries.
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