Community Halls in Rural Alaska « Athabascan Woman. Community Halls in Rural Alaska Posted on A community hall is a central gathering place in smaller villages. It is a community center, where you go for dances, bingo, meetings, weddings, funerals, banquets and many other events. Voting polls are set up in the halls during election time. Many halls in the interior are built with logs. Halls usually have a wood stove and electricity with little else. The halls are usually circular with eight sides. In Huslia, the community hall is about 35 years old and is in bad shape.
Building a hall in a small village of nearly 300 people is a big undertaking. According to Edwin Bifelt of Huslia, they have collected 400 logs upriver from Huslia. Edwin shared a few photos below. Here are the people in the photo below:Back row left to right: Timothy Sam, Edgar Weter, Joe Bifelt, DJ Starr, Rocky Peters, Craig Bifelt, Christopher Moses, Glenn Sam (crew boss), Floyd Vent, Russell David, Tony Sam Jr., David Vent and Donovan Williams.
Like this: Like Loading... The Engaged Library: Chicago Stories of Community Building | Transforming Libraries. The Alternative Libraries of New York. “I have always imagined that Paradise will be some kind of a library,” Jorge Luis Borges famously said. But did the author and librarian imagine that paradise would struggle with constant budget cuts, feel stale and municipal, neglected and slowly decaying as the world’s collective attention span is reduced to 140 characters? Or, maybe, he imagined a rebirth — “the library” not as an obsolete resource in fiendishly digital world, but an adaptable home for creativity and revolution? From underground radical zine dens to literary island oases to small-press reading rooms that double as party venues — these are some of the most exciting ways that New Yorkers are reinventing the library as an art form.
Conceived in a dive bar by three buddies with a surplus of books and an underused studio, the Mellow Pages Library began as an intimate storage space and reading room for their crew. “Each day there are several packages waiting at the door, untold books and zines inside. The Tribal Libraries, Archives, and Museums (TLAM) Project. Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Robin Amado and Jake Ineichen. Boozhoo (hello, in Ojibwe) from Madison, Wisconsin! We are members of the Tribal Libraries, Archives, and Museums Project (TLAM) at the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and today we’d like to talk a little bit about what we do and why we do it.
First, some context: There are 566 federally recognized tribes in the U.S., 11 of which are in Wisconsin. And there are 7 tribal cultural institutions that combine libraries, archives, and/or museums in one space. Tribal communities are spread throughout the state, shown on the map here. What is the TLAM Project? The TLAM Project is designed to provide LIS students with service-learning opportunities in American Indian communities on projects that actually mean something to those communities. Five years later, the project has grown into three different learning opportunities: Why We Do What We’re Doing 1. 2. 3. What Can You Do? The walls come down in the modern library via.
Habits of Mind: Listening and Empathy | Bringing Books to Life - Nashville Public Library. The third Habit of Mind is listening to others with understanding and empathy. Some psychologists believe that the ability to listen to another person, understand their point of view, and empathize with them is one of the highest forms of intelligence. This is a VERY complex skill that adults still work to improve daily, but it can be broken into 2 distinct parts that we begin to teach in childhood: Listening for understandingUsing understanding of the idea to empathize with the speaker Preschoolers actually spend much more of the day talking about (or more aptly hearing about) listening than we do at any other age.
Teachers and parents frequently remind their children to ‘turn your listening ears on’ and ‘put a bubble in your mouth.’ One way you can help your child improve his ability to listen well is to play games that require attentive listening. Another way to teach listening is to model effective listening skills yourself. Ruby’s Wish by Shirin Yim Bridges No Jumping on the Bed! Home. Connecting government, libraries, and communities: Information behavior theory and information intermediaries in the design of the LibEGov tool. Declaration for the Right to Libraries. The Declaration for the Right to Libraries is the cornerstone document of ALA President Barbara Stripling’s presidential initiative, Libraries Change Lives, which is designed to build the public will and sustained support for America’s right to libraries of all types – academic, special, school and public.
In the next year, libraries of all types will hold signing ceremonies, during which community members can visibly declare their right to have vibrant libraries in their community. The signing ceremony is intended to serve as the launching point for continued and vibrant community engagement to: Increase public and media awareness about the critical role of libraries in communities around the country Inspire ongoing conversations about the role of the library in the community Cultivate a network of community allies and advocates for the library Position the library as a trusted convener to help in the response to community issues April is National School Library Month! Community Centered: 23 Reasons Why Your Library Is the Most Important Place in Town » Public Libraries Online.
Community Centered: 23 Reasons Why Your Library Is the Most Important Place in Town. By Julie Biando Edwards, Melissa S. Rauseo, & Kelley Rae Unger on April 30, 2013 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. When shrinking municipal budgets combine with the nonstop technological revolution, public library services that focus on building community face-to-face, inspiring and educating patrons about art, literature, and music, and helping patrons engage in civil discourse can seem quaint.
David Morris wrote a stirring piece last May in which he argues for the value that public libraries bring to their communities.[1] More than just books and banks of computers, libraries are still places where individuals gather to explore, interact, and imagine. In building this list we had two goals. Libraries as Community Builders Libraries as Centers for the Arts. Gender and Digital Identity. Troll pic by John McGovern. (Click to view the original on Flickr Creative Commons) In a way this is slightly off-topic in that it isn’t about libraries, but in more ways it’s on-topic because this blog is often about new technology, and social media, and higher education. In particular I think we as information professionals should be sharing our expertise in social media with the academic community – I do this via workshops, and one question I get asked in more than half the sessions I do, is, how do you deal with the unpleasant attention online which you (inevitably) get if you are both prominent and female?
When I was first asked this I really didn’t know how to answer it very well – the second and subsequent times I’d looked into it a bit and felt better prepared, but there still doesn’t really seem to be a good answer (outside of: Fix Society – which I’m not holding my breath for). The problem We’re not talking about a tiny number of ‘sick’ people abusing women online anymore.
You have to teach empathy like literacy: Ashoka-Innovators founder. Public Libraries as Business Incubators. Suppose you have an idea for a new digital services business – a business that delivers some value to others over the Internet. No matter how good your idea might be, getting such a business off the ground requires a given amount of capital. And this business might require business skills that you do not possess. You could check around with friends to see if any of them are interested in joining you in such a venture, but you could spend months finding the right friends who are interested and available. Every business is a jigsaw puzzle that requires just the right pieces to fit together. Traditionally, business incubators have existed completely separate from public libraries. If a public library were able to spawn just one successful business, that business could bring in a revenue stream lasting the duration of its life. By now you might be wondering, “How do new businesses arise?”
Suppose your local neighborhood library spawns the next Google. Phil Shapiro Previous blog posts: How Public Libraries Are a Boon to Small Business. Libraries from coast to coast have won accolades for being oases in the unemployment desert for millions of job seekers using their libraries’ free internet computers to sharpen their interview skills and sift through job boards. Much less recognized is that many libraries are also making important contributions to the nation’s economic recovery by assisting the job creators in small-to-medium-size businesses.
How important? “In the last 30 years, nearly all net new jobs were created by start-ups, and they will continue to play a critical role in America’s economic future,” noted the US Department of Commerce’s chief economist Mark Doms in a March 23, 2011, post to Commerce’s Economics and Statistics Administration blog about business startups. For their part, public libraries provided services to these small business owners and employees 2.8 million times every month, according to the OCLC report How Libraries Stack Up: 2010. Business librarians step into the breach Show your stuff. Library. If you're on the hunt for business development resources, don't overlook your local public library. There, you may find facilities, resources and other positive benefits that come at the right price for a fledgling entrepreneur -- free! "Local public libraries are a wealth of information for those starting a business," explains Mary Carroll, Senior Librarian at the Business & Career Library, which is a part of the Brooklyn Public Library.
Here are some of the ways your local library can be helpful in starting a business. Facilities: It's no secret that libraries, with their free and available wi-fi, are the entrepreneur's best friend when starting out. Many a would-be businessperson, lacking the funds for an office, has set up camp in the quiet confines of the library. Resources: "Most public libraries across the country, especially in the larger cities, have a business section with materials that would help one to build a business," says Carroll. Library Helps Local Businesses. By Donna Olson Information Specialist, Howell Carnegie District Library Howell Carnegie District Library in Howell, Michigan, was typical of many public libraries, struggling from the poor economy before we decided to infiltrate our business community on the grassroots level.
Like many libraries, we provide Internet access, résumé classes, small business development resources, and much more. But we have gone a huge step further by bringing together a range of community and county organizations to have a coherent, complete range of services available to our community. I am Donna Olson, Howell Carnegie’s information specialist and our library’s point person for organizational partnerships.
I work with partner agencies including Michigan Works! (Workforce Development Agency), Small Business & Technology Development Center (SBTDC), SCORE, and SPARK (economic development), as well as local colleges, chambers of commerce, networking groups, schools, and businesses. Fels_Report.pdf. Photo and excerpts from: Librarians Everywhere: Libraries and the Health Insurance Marketplace. The Future of Libraries: Short on Books, Long on Tech | Mobiledia. This isn’t your childhood library. The Hunt Library at North Carolina State University is beautiful. The main floor looks more like a sleek Apple showroom than a stuffy library.
And instead of a Genius Bar, there’s an Ask Me alcove, where you can get help on everything from laptops to flash drives. Color-coded walls, stairs and elevators help you find not just books and research papers, but also media rooms, video game collections and even a 3-D printing lab to create plastic models. But the best part? Built with state funds and private donations, it’s open to the public. Welcome to the library of the future. “There’s a lot of talk about how libraries should change, but very few ideas of how they should be shaped,” Vaughn Tan, a member of the Harvard’s University Library project told the Library Journal. The all-digital library was a practical solution to San Antonio’s problem — a library system that served the city population well, but left the growing county population in the dark. TEDxRainier - Chrystie Hill - Libraries Present and Future. Librarians Everywhere: The Volunteer Library Brigade.
By Stacey Nordlund on July 8, 2013 Here, there, and everywhere—that’s where the librarians are. We aren’t hiding in the stacks, shushing people who want to invade our precious collections (although I’m sure there are a few stalwarts who fit the mold). Information is growing at an exponential rate, and librarians are needed more than ever to help people navigate the information landscape, critically and thoughtfully. And so we’re bringing our services to where they’re needed: outside the library. What is the Volunteer Library Brigade?
We keep hearing that we need to be proactive and bring the library to the people instead of waiting for the people to come to us, right? And just who are the VLB? The idea has really developed since we started planning it about a year ago. The VLB are bringing their information services to the community using book carts sponsored by DEMCO. From Non-Librarians to Information Providers A Volunteer Library Brigade Training Session You can participate, too! Accessible Programming for Children. In the midst of Summer Reading, programming is on most of our minds. With Summer Reading comes the challenge of creating accessible programming for children of all abilities. One of the best ways to create these programs is to adapt a program you’ve already successfully presented! Most programs can be accessible with the addition of a few multisensory components.
It is important to keep in mind the limitations you will be working with. Some children may not be able to see while others may not be able to grab, and still others may not be able to sit still. Important components of successful programming include exploring and being hands on in a variety of ways such as: • Fine motor activities such as finger plays or pounding clay • Gross motor skills where children follow directions or songs such as the Hokey Pokey • Talking about and exploring with their senses: how something looks, feels, sounds, tastes or smells (when appropriate) Touch It Up! Go Green! Count Me In! Check out this awesome infographic! Libraries are... | Givology.
Libraries Powering Development Map by IREX. Signage: Better None Than Bad. A quick search of the photo website Flickr for the keywords “library signage” can produce interesting results. You will find everything from café-style chalkboard advertisements to sheets of white paper with a few pieces of clip art thrown in. Poor visual communication can create a frustrating environment for users, but it's a practice that librarians commonly cling to. People eating in your library? Tape a piece of paper to the wall with a picture of a burger that has a large red X through it and there you go, problem solved! Our desire to avoid confrontation and our inability to understand the user get in the way of providing the highest level of service.
Signs can serve several functions but generally fall into two categories: library marketing and communicating library policies. Many library users return to libraries because there is something special that keeps them coming back. Now let’s take the example of difficult-to-read or inaccurate signs. LEAH L. Recommendations for Digital Literacy Program and Libraries | Librarian by Day. A Lesson Highlighting Community Assets — Not Deficits. A Surprising Study Only To People Who Have Never Worked In The Community: Low-Income People Care About Their Neighborhoods. Stamping out poverty as well as books? How libraries can support development | Global Development Professionals Network | Guardian Professional. Witter / Recherche - #ALA2013 community... Categorizing people without marginalizing them | Everybody. Next Week: Libraries and Museums in an Era of Participatory Culture – Salzburg Global Institute. Community which took over its own library looks back at its first successful year.
04-26-2013 - [GEMS] 5 Simple Strategies to Engage Your Community. After learning my flight was detained 4 hours, I... What is the role of the librarian. Take Good Care | Library Lost & Found. Via explore-blog: This heartwarming infographic...