From Marketplace, American Public Media Kudos to Dr. Tula Giannini, Dean at Pratt-SILS, New York, also featured in the audio segment with library staff & public users from Denver PL and Chicago area libraries
This also should provide more perspective on the recent discussions on design thinking when users have never used a computer before and still look for work in the yellow pages in many communities / best, kw
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Libraries adapt to help unemployed
"More people are using their local libraries these days, and many of them are unemployed. They're using free computers and asking librarians for help. Zachary Barr reports on how librarians are coping."
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"KAI RYSSDAL: This not-necessarily economic statistic today in honor of this being National Library week: The American Library Association says overall library use during the recession has risen as much as 23 percent. That means more people visiting, more people checking out books, using what libraries have to offer, as they try to find jobs."
From Colorado Public Radio, Zachary Barr reports.
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