PBS NewsHour: “Appreciating the Powerful Good’ of the Public Library”
From the PBS News Hour:
December is a big awards month, best books, movies, all of the top 100 lists.
There is also an award for best librarian. Today, the American Libraries Association gave 10 2018 I Love My Librarian Awards. Winners were chosen for empathy, hard work and — quote — “making a haven for book lovers, book haters, nerds and geeks, athletes, popular kids and misfits.”
None of this surprises librarian Kristen Arnett, who shares her Humble Opinion on why we all need to get out and use our local library.
Read the Transcript, View the Video
See Also: Meet the 10 Winners of the 2018 I Love My Librarian Award (December 4, 2018)
Filed under: Awards, Libraries, News, Public Libraries
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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