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This year's winner of the Best Small Library in America award is the Southern Area Public Library, located in Lost Creek, West Virginia. You can read the Library Journal article,
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Don Reynolds, retired director of the Nolichucky Regional Library in Tennessee, presented a 4-hour Association of Rural and Small Libraries pre-conference session “What Do I do Next?: A Work Plan for the Director of a Rural and/or Small Public Library.” His presentation focused on ways library staff can "find the community’s pulse, assess its health, and address the need
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Driving Kids to Read: Southern Door Bus Drivers on Board With Books — what a great story! Could you work with your local bus drivers to see if you could replicate this in your community?
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Use the new National Teen Space Guidelines to evaluate & improve your library's teen space — both physical & virtual (including your library's website, blogs, and social media.)
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Get inspired by these creative fundraising ideas from libraries in the Winnefox Library System, and then try them out at your library!
The Quilt That Built a Library (Princeton PL)
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After the Summer Library Program winds down, use these libraries' ideas as inspiration for ways your library can celebrate American Artist Appreciation Month in August.
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Read Best Small Library in America 2012: The Independence Public Library, KS to learn how the library's small staff of 8 strove to save it from closure, by building relationships within the community and with local legislators.
