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Libraries

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The outside of The New York Public Library.
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The New New York Public Library

  • Deborah Fallows
  • June 30, 2015
Preserving tradition while expanding offerings for a bigger, broader audience.
Shanghai Public Library (Deborah Fallows)
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A Visit to the Shanghai Public Library

  • Deborah Fallows
  • April 22, 2015
Aging manuscripts share the building with makerspaces.
Duluth Public Library (Deborah Fallows)
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A Field Trip to America’s Public Libraries

  • Deborah Fallows
  • November 19, 2014
How they serve the needs of their communities
Kanawha County Public Library
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What a Library Levy Means to a West Virginia Town

  • Deborah Fallows
  • November 7, 2014
Charleston votes to save a community pillar.
Entrance to the main library in Columbus, Ohio, a city that is putting the "Open to All" motto into effect (Deborah Fallows)
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Re-Knitting the Frayed Social Fabric: What Libraries Can Do

  • James Fallows
  • October 6, 2014
As Ohio goes, so goes the nation—or at least we can hope so in this case.
Driving Park public library, Columbus, Ohio; opened July 2014 (NBBJ/Matthew Carbone)
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Not Your Mother’s Library

  • Deborah Fallows
  • October 6, 2014
How Columbus, Ohio, is building community spaces for the 21st century

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