The New Normal for Libraries

National Perspective

The Bad or Good News

The Bad or The Good News

How Libraries stack up : 2010

Every day…

Taking care of business

Hot spotsMost public libraries provide free wireless

Internet access for their users.

Nearly 12,000 now offer

free Wi-Fi.

That’s more than Starbucks, Barnes & Noble

or Borders.

It’s in our walletsLibrary cards are about as prevalent as credit cards.

Getting technicalMore libraries—5,400—offer technology training classes than there are computer training businesses in the U.S.

Movie night

Every day, Americans borrow 2.1 million DVDs from libraries

Let’s meetMore public libraries offer free meeting rooms than there are conference centers, auditoriums and convention facilities combined.

Career assistance when we need it most

No ticket required

On the move

The Bad News

• Newark• Dallas• Queens• Los Angeles• Houston• Seattle• Fort Worth• Huntsville-Madison County• Birmingham• New York• Montclair (NJ)• Illinois Cooperatives• Boston• Charlotte-Mecklenburg• Wheaton (IL)• Trenton (IL)• Camden (NJ)

• Mount Vernon (NY)• Buffalo & Erie County• Charleston (SC)• Natchez (MS)• Evanston (IL)• Milwaukee• Bellingham (WA)• Portland (ME)• Bethlehem (PA)• Columbus-Lowndes County • Fairfax (VA)• Indianapolis-Marion County• Longview, (TX)• Phoenix• Washington, DC• Lexington (KY)• Miami-Dade

Good News

Partnerships

Johnson County Library

KC Science, Inc

Partners• Kansas City Public Television• Science City at Union Station• Science Pioneers• Pathfinder Science

Boston Public Library

Kids with Asthma Can!

Partners• Boston’s Children’s Museum• Boston Public Library• Children’s Hospital Boston• Boston Public Health Commission

Haines Public Library

The Voices Project

Partner• KHNS public radio

Free Library of Philadelphia

Philadelphia Partnership for Peace

Partners• House of UMOJA• WXPN-FM – Univ. of Pennsylvania public

radio• Atwater Kent Museum

Enoch-Pratt Free Library

Virtual Supermarket

Partner• Baltimore Department of Health

Columbus Metropolitan Library

Ready –to-Read Corps

Partners• United Way• Nationwide Insurance

Alachua County Library

Library Partnership

Partners• DCF• Partnership for Strong Families

Innovations

Brooklyn Public Library

Today’s TeensTomorrow’s Techies (T4)

• 120 Teens• 8 Days• A lifetime of skills

Johnson County Library

GovFest for Entrepreneurs

• One stop shop connecting business with government & non-profit resources

• 400+ participants

Queens Library

Queens Library HealthLink

• 16 Cancer Action Centers were created

• 4,000 people accessed Centers

Orange County Library System

OCLS Mobile

• App for iPhone & iPad touch• 3600 views per month

Cuyahoga County Public Library

Renew By Text

• Tech savvy interactivity

Columbus Metropolitan Library

Technical Services Turnaround Time

• 1.5 days turnaround• Down from 3 weeks

Daniel Boone Regional Library

Library-to-go Lockers

• Ed’s Quik Stop

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