At the Minitex Interlibrary Loan Conference on May 10th, Lee Rainie from the Pew Research Center touched on a statistic that caught my interest. Across the nation, requests for physical items in public and academic libraries have had a steady decrease over the past 4 years. Rainie also noted that those numbers are beginning to level out.
In mid-September Minitex staff traveled to Jamestown, North Dakota for the NDLA annual conference. This year’s theme was “The Idea of the Library: Services, Collections, Solutions.”
If you’ve even glanced at Library Journal, American Libraries Magazine, or major news networks in recent months, you’ve likely noticed a new trend in services – coloring book clubs.
One session I attended at ARLD Day was titled “Minnesota Libraries into the Future: A Kitchen Table Conversation,” presented by Michael Dowling, Director of the Chapter Relations Office of ALA.