#becauseofapubliclibrary

by Karen Jensen, TLT | Blogs
Jan 15, 2015 | Filed in News & Features
The amazing folks at Ferguson Library (I’m a big fan!) recently started the hashtag #becauseofapubliclibrary. It turned out I had a lot of thoughts about what happens because of a public library. Please do hop on Twitter and look at lots of the great responses about what has happened because of a public library. Below [...]

The amazing folks at Ferguson Library (I’m a big fan!) recently started the hashtag #becauseofapubliclibrary. It turned out I had a lot of thoughts about what happens because of a public library. Please do hop on Twitter and look at lots of the great responses about what has happened because of a public library. Below I share some of my tweets with you, I also shared a few from YALSA and one from the awesome librarian Stephanie Wilkes.

RT @DUKEpress: If you love your library, share your love on #becauseofapubliclibrary . http://t.co/ggnSWIoz9O

— Shaker Library (@ShakerLibrary) January 10, 2015

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