The Spokesman-Review

Library Learning Week offers lessons on the practical (writing, history and business) to the pleasant (dancing, wildlife, drawing)

In the late 1990s, Arthur the aardvark told us “Having fun isn’t hard, when you’ve got a library card.” Turns out that’s still true, thanks to events like Spokane Public Library’s Library Learning ...
Inside Higher Ed

Lessons from the Occupy Wall Street Library

I’ve been reading a lot of reactions to the way the Occupy Wall Street library was removed from Zuccotti Park when the Occupy Wall Street encampment was broken up. It’s a situation charged with ...
American Libraries

New Library Leaders: Lessons Learned

“Nobody ever wants to be vice president someday,” said Sonia Alcantara-Antoine, director of libraries and information services for the City of Newport News, Virginia. “[But] I resisted the path of ...
The Spokesman-Review

Library Learning Week offers lessons in creative writing, Krav Magra, combating stage fright, paper recycling, fizzy science and more

Spokane Public Library is kicking off this year’s Library Learning Week, which means the community will have no shortage of things to learn and things to do as we wrap up the first month of 2025. At ...
The Georgia Straight

Letters Offer Library Lessons

As a taxpaying resident of Vancouver who has used our libraries and appreciated our librarians for many years, I was astounded by the breathtakingly ignorant vitriol expressed in Paul Noble's letter [ ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Ballet Folklorico lessons at Ramona Library connect some dancers to their cultural heritage

Geniss Duran, 3, is the littlest dancer in Aida Perez’s Ballet Folklorico classes. Her mom, Yesenia Flores, said the weekly dance lessons are a good way to get her daughter involved in activities ...