February 16, 2013

Strike that

The Chicago teachers’ strike is reminding me of one of the more embarrassing moments of my professional career. I was working at Chicago Public Library  as the manager of a small branch on the North Side, and there was a teacher’s strike. According to the news, CPL was offering alternative programming for children at all [...]

Chicago Building Its First Joint High School/Public Library from the Ground Up

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Chicago’s taking the partnership between public and school libraries to the next level—it’s building its first public library as part of a school.