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5 other services users wish to find in a library (and how libraries offer them) Part Two We’ve presented the four basic services each library should offer nowadays and now we will continue with five other examples of services users wish to find in a library. https://princh.com/services-users-wish-to-find-in-a-library-how-libraries-offer-them/#.Wa6ZJrKGPIV

4 important things users want from a library (and how to offer them) Part One.. . Sometimes, there is a big imbalance between what the users wish to have in a library and what they really get. As Mick Fortune mentions in our previous post, for many years libraries measured their success primarily by footfall and they only focused on that. Only in the last few years, libraries have really started focusing on getting to know their users better. Even so, all the studies, such as those made by The Pew Internet, Carnegie UK Trust, Museums Libraries & Archives UK, etc. end up showing the same results. https://princh.com/4-important-things-users-want-from-a-library-and-how-to-offer-them/#.Wa6YUrKGPIU

Community Centered: 23 Reasons Why Your Library Is the Most Important Place in Town by Julie Biando Edwards, Melissa S. Rauseo, & Kelley Rae Unger As librarians, we know the value of our community services, and our patrons appreciate their importance as well. But in an increasingly digital world, we see the role of libraries as community and cultural centers at times undervalued, and occasionally under fire. More than just books and banks of computers, libraries are still places where individuals gather to explore, interact, and imagine. We decided to take a look at some of the specific ways in which libraries add value to our communities and serve as cultural centers for our patrons. We separated library services into five very broad categories: (1) libraries as community builders, (2) libraries as community centers for diverse populations, (3) libraries as centers for the arts, (4) libraries as universities, and (5) libraries as champions of youth. Under each of these w...

8 Innovative technologies to implement at the library of the future... Librarians should lead the way in technology use among fellow residents and gain more time for the most important activity: helping patrons. Since the main mission of most libraries is to offer equality of access to information for every citizen, then why not be a trendsetter in digital use and implement innovative technologies? This article presents a range of relevant and useful innovative technologies to implement at the library. We focus on the technology’s applicability for the library and not on the potential budgetary impacts of said technologies. https://princh.com/8-technologies-to-implement-at-the-library-of-the-future/#iLightbox[gallery3149]/0