Aspen Institute Report – Rising to the Challenge: Re-Envisioning Public Libraries

On October 14th, the Aspen Institute released its report on the unique position of public libraries to meet community needs and it (uncannily) considers many things we’ve been talking a lot about around the office lately:  raising library visibility, the DPLA, measurement of library success, how to change public perceptions of libraries, and so on and so forth.  The Aspen Institute may have WiLS bugged, and we’re fine with that.

Regardless, this is an important read.  Particularly interesting is this video, which “highlights the ways in which public libraries are transforming communities through the strategic use of their people, place and platform assets.”

Read the full report.

We are busy, too.  Read the Executive Summary.