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BiblioTech: Why Libraries Matter More Than Ever in the Age of Google | John Palfrey
Libraries today are more important than ever. More than just book repositories, libraries can become bulwarks against some of the most crucial challenges of our age: unequal access to education, jobs, and information. In BiblioTech, educator and technology expert John Palfrey argues that anyone seeking to participate in the 21st century needs to understand how to find and use the vast stores of information available online. And libraries, which play a crucial role in making these skills and information available, are at risk. In order to survive our rapidly modernizing world and dwindling government funding, libraries must make the transition to a digital future as soon as possibleby digitizing print material and ensuring that born-digital material is publicly available online. Not all of these changes will be easy for libraries to implement. But as Palfrey boldly argues, these modifications are vital if we hope to save libraries and, through them, the American democratic ideal.
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RiaWritten
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What editor let this guy open four consecutive paragraphs with the same two words?

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RiaWritten
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How salacious!! 😹

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RiaWritten
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I got my first library school textbook today! It looks fascinating and I‘m so excited. 😻

LauraBeth 😍😍😍 5y
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Gina
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The moment you get to sit down in your garage library and end the day in peace and quiet. While your boys enjoy the loud house...♡♡♡

Tamra Love it! 5y
LiteraryinLawrence Your garage looks so cozy! 5y
Gina @Tamra @LiteraryinLititz Thank you. It is my happy place for sure 5y
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WellReadCatLady
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Think im going to go with Bibliotech for this week's #libraryschool reading. I really like the cover of This book is overdue! #schoolreading #gradschool #librarian

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MrBook
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#TBRtemptation post 1! This is a more recent release that focuses on how libraries play, and will continue to play, a leading role in helping the public learn online information acquisition. Educator and tech expert Palfrey shows how unequal access to education, jobs, and technology, can be leveled by libraries, and how libraries can be the 21st-Century's great equalizer. Superb thesis! #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

tpixie Awesome premise! 📚📚📚 7y
emilyesears I own this but haven't read it yet! (edited) 7y
LitsyGoesPostal 😊👍🏻 7y
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I work as a paraprofessional in a public library, and plan to get a Masters degree in Library Science. This was an interesting book about the digital age and the future of libraries. 📚

Readingrobin I'm a librarian who earned my degree in 2002 and I love keeping current with trends. 7y
CouronneDhiver Neat! I have a friend who will also love this pick... I'll recommend! :) 7y
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kaykay521
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With the news that the President is planning to cut funding for the National Endowment for the Arts, which provides millions of dollars to public libraries I feel this is a relevant quote. Sign petitions, call and write your government leaders. A society without libraries is a doomed one indeed, and our government needs to know we won't stand for it. Thank you 😊, political rant over. 😍📚

LauraJ Son of a bitch! 7y
kspenmoll He wants an illiterate nation, the better to fool with. 7y
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Sarahreadstoomuch
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This book was fantastic- and I'm looking forward to hear the author & others speak at an event at the end of the month regarding the Fake News epidemic and the role libraries can play in squashing it

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MrsAlexanderHamilton
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Quite good. Better than I was expecting. The language is accessible. Very interesting for someone who is a library professional, but I'm not sure how it would do with anyone out of the field.

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MrsAlexanderHamilton

I had told her that I believe in buying books, and she was holding me to my word.

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MrsAlexanderHamilton
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Not particularly looking forward to this one. Yay grad school!

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Nebklvr
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Heard about this on public radio--now to read....

BooksForYears I've found quite a few interesting books through public radio 👍 8y
Nebklvr Love NPR! 8y
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