The Hyperlinked Bethany

While reading about the health initiatives promoted by the public and state libraries of Victoria from the previous module, something that interested me was the example of creating community presence in the library to combat the loneliness epidemic and other possible health struggles. One example was to offer simple activities for people to join, whether […]

Learning about libraries as communities is a great way to start changing the notion of what a library is. A library is not primarily in the service of books, but people. A place of books is otherwise a repository, but what gives those books meaning and value are the people who read them. Humanity’s nature […]