EPISODE · Oct 13, 2015
Are Public Libraries Disappearing?
from Modern Notion · host Emma Morgenstern
On today’s episode of Modern Notion Daily, our guest is Wayne Wiegand, author of Part of Our Lives: A People’s History of the American Public Library (Oxford University Press, October 2015). Wiegand argues that libraries are about much more than books: they’re a community meeting place. And to answer the question in the headline: they’re not going anywhere.…
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On todays episode of Modern Notion Daily, our guest is Wayne Wiegand, author of Part of Our Lives: A Peoples History of the American Public Library (Oxford University Press, October 2015). Wiegand argues that libraries are about much more than books: theyre a community meeting place. And to answer the question in the headline: theyre not going anywhere. Music this hour: “Kelli’s Number” by U.S. Army Blues, from the album Live at Blues Alley “Soldiertype (militarised)” by Ketsa, from the album What’s Without’s Within“ Forgiven Not Forgotten” by Jahzzar, from the album Kuddelmuddel
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