Laurie Putnam @NextLibraries

Libraries, learning, and the free flow of information. We’ll need them even more tomorrow. nextlibraries.org Joined June 2011

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Laurie Putnam @NextLibraries

2 years ago

Have you been to the library lately? “As other communal support networks have suffered cutbacks and disintegrated, the library has found itself as one of the only places left with an open door.” Well done, @nickhunebrown @thewalrus bit.ly/3Cq2tN1

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Laurie Putnam @NextLibraries

2 years ago

On those book bans in Missouri Some details of this evolving story may already be dated, but boy not this passage @E_Hellerstein @CodaStory bit.ly/45P7hsv

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Laurie Putnam @NextLibraries

2 years ago

A Day in the Life of a Library About @mrrl, and what this Missouri library means to its community. Thanks to @JackieValley @csmonitor bit.ly/42c9FXo

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Laurie Putnam @NextLibraries

2 years ago

.@Surgeon_General has a 6-part prescription for rebuilding human connections: #1. Strengthening social infrastructure, which includes things like parks and libraries as well as public programs. npr.org/2023/05/02/117…

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Laurie Putnam @NextLibraries

2 years ago

“Libraries, and librarians, stand at the crossroads of opportunity and information...” edsource.org/2023/gov-newso…

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2 years ago

Once upon a time, there was an award-winning library system in Montana. bit.ly/3LH6stH @NewYorker

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Laurie Putnam @NextLibraries

2 years ago

At the same time they help others find jobs, libraries may be struggling with their own financial worries bit.ly/3nbDvNo @Marketplace

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Laurie Putnam @NextLibraries

3 years ago

A celebration of community libraries and their expanding role “There are so many things happening there that have nothing to do with books.” bit.ly/3EglT83

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Laurie Putnam @NextLibraries

3 years ago

“As local safety nets shriveled, the library roof magically expanded from umbrella to tarp to circus tent to airplane hangar. "The modern library keeps its citizens warm, safe, healthy, entertained, educated, hydrated and, above all, connected.” bit.ly/3xoLZC7

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Laurie Putnam @NextLibraries

3 years ago

Thankful for libraries bit.ly/3gxAx2m

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David Beard @dabeard

3 years ago

America's public libraries really are miracles. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Laurie Putnam @NextLibraries

3 years ago

Students Lose Access to Books Amid "State-Sponsored Purging of Ideas" Deborah Caldwell-Stone of the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom said "she has never seen such a strong, successful movement to limit the ability to read." wapo.st/3pxXbZ6

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Laurie Putnam @NextLibraries

3 years ago

Public Libraries Try to Stay Politically Neutral as Calls for Defunding, Censorship Increase youtube.com/watch?v=zq6WVF…

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The Takeaway 🎙 @TheTakeaway

3 years ago

We spoke with Deborah Caldwell-Stone, Director of the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (@ALALibrary), about #bookbans and the threat they pose to public libraries and First Amendment rights.

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Laurie Putnam @NextLibraries

3 years ago

The librarian who defied the Taliban “I've wasted too much time not being able to read... I don't want the same for the future generations of my country.” bbc.in/3PeS3nn