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Library Cracks the Code on How To Tell Stories to Stakeholders: They Use Email! Here’s How Their Targeted Newsletter Works

Super Library Marketing

and I could read and look at all the books I wanted!” When Austin Railey III joined DML as the new Government Relations and Advocacy Director we started brainstorming how we could strategically tell our stories to decision-makers. Claudine says the newsletter, Beyond Books, is a collaborative effort. Why did we create a program?

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Ask A Librarian: Dealing with haters?

Librarian.net

A friend writes in: What are you doing about the idiotic book bannings and attacks on Librarians and what can I do to help? Familiarize yourself with the books (go read Gender Queer , some of the others ) so you know what’s being talked about. Anyone, whether an ALA member or not, can join ALA’s Advocacy List.

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Chicago has elected local school councils

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

As a book pointed out, if that doesn't communicate that Mayoral control isn't the solution, nothing does. Many school systems have formal councils that bring parents, teachers and school officials together on a committee that isn't powerful, that deals with "school transformation." Now they have a hard time getting enough candidates.

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Arbor Day: Street Trees of Seattle by Taha Ebrahimi | Trees as Cultural Landscape (at the community scale)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Street Trees of Seattle is an interesting book. She chose to do this by drawing, and for the purposes of the book, she organized the content by neighborhood, focused on the primary type of tree "dominating" that particular neighborhood, although each section does list other significant trees that are also present.

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Public restrooms: single versus multiple-occupant

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The NYC Parks facilities are an absolute illustration of my point that the quality of public facilities (civic assets) communicates whether or not we value the public and the civic commons. Including some very attractive facilities, including a combination pavilion-restroom structure for a new regional park in Far Rockaway.

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Leaving Academia With Dr. Julie Ann Ward, Dr. Stephanie Weaver, and Dr. Krista Kurlinkus

Grant Writing Made Easy

Communication — No matter the field, faculty researchers are generally expected to be publication machines; they write and publish articles for specialized audiences but often are required to translate their findings for more general audiences, whether it is an introductory undergraduate course, an op-ed, or a review for a popular publication.

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National Volunteer Week: April 16th-22nd

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The Friends of the Salt Lake City Library, which covers all of the libraries in the city, is particularly good (" Outdoor library book sale as an opportunity for "social bridging"/triangulation "). While out of date in terms of current programs, the book Neighbor Power describes the first couple decades of the program.