Title
& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
17 January 2019
Ojokoro, Lagos, Nigeria
Text
800-1500 Words
A community library built in Lagos, Nigeria by a nonprofit called Pyramid Educational Advancement (PEA) is filling a literacy gap in the area due to the low number of government-owned public libraries. Aside from simp...
7 November 2018
Calgary, Canada
Text
800-1500 Words
In Calgary, the new Central Library does more than just provide a beautiful space in which to read books. It also provides a place to access technology and acts as a connection space between the more and less affluent...
27 October 2018
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Public libraries once turned a blind eye to the homeless people using their spaces, but many libraries have now shifted into action mode by hiring social workers to help with behavioral health challenges of patrons. I...
Christian Science Monitor
Eva Fedderly
24 October 2018
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
When a need for more libraries and more affordable housing arose in Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel pursued a plan to combine the two. The result is a partnership between the Chicago Housing Authority and the Chicago Publ...
9 October 2018
New York, New York, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
As the New York Public Library's career counseling offerings have grown, one of the most popular features has been an interview clothing rental service. Just as they might check out a book for a set period, patrons ca...
Quartz
Jenny Anderson
5 October 2018
New York, New York, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Public libraries have remained one of the last public non-commercial spaces where people from all walks of life can coexist and learn. New York Public Library in particular is working to improve and expand their servi...
23 August 2018
New York, New York, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
The New York Public Library Insta Novels program makes public domain works available to be read on Instagram. Featuring engaging artwork and a user friendly format, Insta Novels make literature available to users with...
15 August 2018
New York, New York, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
The New York Public Library Riverside lends out ties, briefcases, and handbags. The program helps those attending graduations, job interviews, and other events who may not be able to afford such items. It’s part of a ...
NationSwell
Adrienne Day
27 July 2018
San Francisco, California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Public libraries are hubs of information and increasingly of social support services. San Francisco Public Library was one of the first in the country to break out of the stacks to respond to local needs. Social worke...
Hyperallergic
Jasmine Weber
20 July 2018
New York, New York, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
Culture Pass is a new program providing New York, Brooklyn, and Queens Public Library card holders with opportunities to visit New York City cultural institutions for free. In the first four days of the program, thous...
16 July 2018
New York, New York, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
Through their library card, New York City residents can now receive free admission to over thirty prominent cultural institutions. The goal of this new program, named Culture Pass, is to designed to provide underserve...
6 July 2018
Berlin, Germany
Text
800-1500 Words
In Germany, where the political ramifications of more liberal refugee policies are becoming known, the city of Berlin has become home to an "Arabic-language literary and cultural center," housed in a public library. T...
Christian Science Monitor
Dean Paton
18 June 2018
Los Angeles, California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
After realizing that their system of fines for lost and late books was actually preventing kids and young people from reading more, L.A. libraries instituted a new program that's already showing results. The program, ...
12 June 2018
Denver, Colorado, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
Librarians across the nation are being trained to administer naloxone, a drug that can reverse an opioid overdose. In Denver’s Central Library, 350 staff members were trained to administer the drug. “Libraries in New ...
5 May 2018
Los Angeles, California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
The Book Truck is a nonprofit that addresses the issue of "book deserts" in Los Angeles by providing free books and literacy programming to over 10,000 teenagers across the city. The truck was established in 2012 and ...
6 April 2018
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Across the United States, tribal lands have the lowest access to internet, an issue that restricts opportunity and education in those areas. In New Mexico, several small tribes have partnered to lay fiber-optic cables...
6 April 2018
Cochiti, New Mexico, United States
Broadcast TV Programs
5-15 Minutes
Faced with slow and expensive internet service, the Middle Rio Grande Pueblo Tribal Consortium was created to establish four New Mexico Pueblos to improved service through collective work, collective bargaining, and f...
28 January 2018
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
In Chicago, three new projects are mixing affordable housing and a library in the same building. It is hoped that this will foster a sense of community as well as create job opportunities and programming for residents.
Bright Magazine
Amanda Leigh Lichtenstein
19 December 2017
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Does death belong in the classroom? Some educators think so, that’s because they argue that “emotional health is inextricably linked to learning.” They agree that teachers should be key to helping students process tra...
The New York Times
Catherine Saint Louis
30 July 2017
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
From New York to Ohio to California, librarians have teamed up with the USDA summer food service program, along with other non-profits, to feed kids dependent on free/reduced-price lunches during the school year. Usin...
6 July 2017
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
Libraries have expanded their roles to be community centers where people can connect with social services and other local agencies for needs from homelessness to food insecurity to mental illness. Libraries are one of...
28 June 2017
New York, New York, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
With new mayor-ordained shelters and support services unlikely to function until 2020, NYC’s 60,000+ homeless population is left in need of assistance in the meantime. But recently, an anti-homelessness nonprofit—Brea...
Shareable
Anna Pratt
16 November 2016
Lafayette, California, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Libraries in the United States have traditionally been centers to consume information, offering users books in quiet isolation. However, a new movement across the country is transforming libraries by providing interne...
7 October 2016
Rio Arriba, New Mexico, United States
Podcast
5-15 Minutes
In New Mexico, independent libraries that operate as non-profits provide services—in addition to traditional library services—that are not readily available throughout the state and especially in rural areas. Librarie...
Santa Fe Public Radio (KSFR)
Lucia Duncan
4 October 2016
Dixon, New Mexico, United States
Radio
5-15 Minutes
In New Mexico, public libraries are funded by municipalities. That means, if you live in an unincorporated town, there’s no funding stream for a local public library. But, in northern New Mexico, residents in severa...
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