Seriously though, how did the Most Beautiful Library in America get Demolished?
Seriously though, how did the Most Beautiful Library in America get Demolished?
The old Public library of Cincinnati was the sort of place you only see in a Harry Potter film; colossal cast-iron book alcoves and spiral staircases that went several stories high, checker board marble floors that shone beneath the skylight roof; a magnificent maze of books that is now lost forever.
Resolve to Read! Cuyahoga County Public Library.
Cuyahoga County Public Library (CCPL/the Library) wants all county residents to make reading and visiting the library their New Year’s resolution! The Library will kick off 2015 with Resolve to Read, a campaign to encourage customers to use their library card daily.
Ferguson Library is grateful for donations
During community unrest in Ferguson Missouri the library remained open and caught the attention and heart of the nation. Nearly $400K in donations poured in.
Here is the message of thanks from librarian Scott Bonner:
We are flabbergasted and heartened by the amazing support that the Ferguson Municipal Public Library District has received…..
The library’s Board of Trustees has formed a strategic planning committee to judiciously allocate funding for the good of our community, within the library’s mission. Our first priority is to bring in a full-time children’s librarian, which will radically enhance our ability to help the people of Ferguson, and increase monies devoted to community-focused programming.
Public Libraries-Innovation and Opportunity in WIOA: A Playbook for Effective State Plans
Libraries and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
Our agencies have long recognized the role of libraries to help meet the workforce training and job search needs of the American public. At the height of the recession, more than 30 million people reported using library computers for workforce related needs and 3.7 million of them reported finding work. Today, 96 percent of librariessurveyed offer online job and employment resources and 78 percent offer programs to help people apply for jobs.
In July, the President signed the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA)which strengthens and aligns Federal employment, education, and training services. Overwhelmingly approved by both the House and the Senate, the legislation is the result of a bipartisan agreement that recognizes the vital role the workforce system plays in providing the services and resources job seekers need to access the kinds of skills training, career information, and education that are required for today’s job market. The Act aligns with and complements the President’s Vision for Job-Driven Workforce Development, as it prepares workers for 21st century jobs and ensures American businesses have skilled workers to be competitive in global economy.
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Q6. What role if any have you seen or can you suggest for public libraries in the state plan and WIOA implementation generally?
The main roles that public libraries have played as part of the workforce development system are as a provider of adult education and as points of access to the one-stop career center system through publically available computers.
Recommendations on how state plans can advance strategies for sector partnerships, career pathways, cross-agency data and measurement, and job-driven investments.
Ferguson Public Library Remains Open
The Ferguson Public Library is just a block away from the center of demonstrations at the Ferguson Police Department. NPR article states:
As we’ve reported, when violent protests this week led to the burning of more than a dozen businesses and the uncertainty caused schools to close, the library stayed open.
Libraries and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
11.13.2014. From the IMLS blog.
Libraries and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
Our agencies have long recognized the role of libraries to help meet the workforce training and job search needs of the American public. At the height of the recession, more than 30 million people reported using library computers for workforce related needs and 3.7 million of them reported finding work. Today, 96 percent of libraries surveyed offer online job and employment resources and 78 percent offer programs to help people apply for jobs.
In July, the President signed the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA) which strengthens and aligns Federal employment, education, and training services. Overwhelmingly approved by both the House and the Senate, the legislation is the result of a bipartisan agreement that recognizes the vital role the workforce system plays in providing the services and resources job seekers need to access the kinds of skills training, career information, and education that are required for today’s job market. The Act aligns with and complements the President’s Vision for Job-Driven Workforce Development, as it prepares workers for 21st century jobs and ensures American businesses have skilled workers to be competitive in global economy.
We are pleased that WIOA includes several exciting changes that better align federal resources and call for local community-based partnerships to increase access to services. WIOA explicitly identifies public libraries as potential partners of the American Job Center network, and acknowledges libraries’ ability to provide an expansive array of job search services. It also recognizes libraries as important providers of federally supported training and employment for adult education and literacy. WIOA instructs state and local workforce development boards to boost “digital literacy skills” at American Job Centers – a task perfectly suited to public libraries!
We are delighted that the role public libraries play in workforce development is being acknowledged. Every day, people in communities across the United States use libraries to access the Web for career development—boosting their skills through online learning, improving their English literacy and digital literacy, and finding work. Public libraries can do even more with better collaboration with state and local workforce boards.
We thank American Job Centers, the nation’s employment skills training programs, and public libraries for all they do to serve our nation’s job seekers and contribute to the country’s economic vitality. Under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, we will deliver better coordinated services so that students and jobseekers acquire the skills needed in a competitive 21st century economy.
– See more at: http://blog.imls.gov/?p=5383#sthash.KWcTYFrb.dpuf
Community Engagement Dept. at Skokie Public Library
The Skokie Public Library wants to hear from the community — not just about all things library, but about the future of the village that it shares.
A series of discussions — a “Community Conversation” as the library is calling it — comes from the library’s new Community Engagement Department, the result of an innovative realignment that occurred at the library earlier this year.
“We are focused on listening to the community,” said librarian Susan Carlton, manager of the Community Engagement Department.
The department’s manifesto — “We listen, we learn, we connect and we create responsive solutions to Skokie’s needs” — plays out in different ways.
“We’re really focused on listening to what the community wants — the kind of community they want to live in — and then using that information to help drive our planning and the kind of partnerships we engage in and the kind of initiatives we participate in,” she said.
