Libraries

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  • 1

    346- Palaces for the People

    99% Invisible

    44:07 | Mar 19th, 2019

    7 recommendations

    Social Infrastructure is the glue that binds communities together, and it is just as real as the infrastructure for water, power, or communications, although it's often harder to see. But Eric Klinenb...Show More

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    If you love libraries, you need to listen to this episode on why social infrastructure like libraries are so important to communities. 📚

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    354- Weeding is Fundamental

    99% Invisible

    37:57 | May 14th, 2019

    2 recommendations

    Libraries get rid of books all the time. There are so many new books coming in every day and only a finite amount of library space. The practice of freeing up library space is called weeding. When the...Show More

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    This episode wasn’t about weeding plants but weeding library books (i.e. getting rid of books from the library collection). I love physical books so this was heartbreaking for me to hear the weeding o...Show More

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    Ma'ayan Plaut is the podcast librarian at RadioPublic. But she’s not like the typical master of the Dewey Decimal System you know from your local public library. And she just so happens to be the only...Show More

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    Ma’ayan Plaut was the podcast librarian at Radiopublic. Hear how she does her job!

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    This week on Below the Radar, our host Am Johal is joined by Jorge Amigo, the head of cultural programming at the Vancouver Public Library. Together they discuss the power of library public programs, ...Show More

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    Lovely to hear from someone I know on how libraries can be a cultural and social hub for cities!

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