Libraries are about books, but they're also about much more than books. They're about ideas and invention and imagination and play and curiosity and wonder and hope. Yes, libraries are all about hope. They are houses of possibilities.
Phil Shapiro, Towards a National Transition Plan for Libraries, in PCWorld
So, each one of your working days you and I walk into a house of possibilities. So what can you (and I) do today to make it so, and make it better?
Think I might find a way of displaying this quote in my library (could be handy for one of my library pieces in the regular school newsletter, too). I notice, on reflection, that some of the words are in my word walls already - imagine, wonder, hope. Good.
In this article, Phil Shapiro is canvassing ideas about public libraries in the future - what they're for, how they might look, design considerations. Worth reading.
Cheers
Ruth
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Shared that post on my blog - I agree I can see that beinga nice quote for the end of term newsletter.
http://www.bearbahoochie.co.uk/2011/02/08/inspirational-libraries/
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