Yesterday, I said I was busy with student orientation, but this article about libraries in the Guardian, and the corresponding report it discusses nudged me back into the weblog business.
The report looks at the roles of public libraries in Great Britain, and suggests that they are increasingly disconnected from their communities, and operating in ways that actually turn people away rather than draw them in (sound familiar to other cultural organizations?).
Here’s a favorite quote from the article/report:
Like any report that suggests populist approaches for mission-driven cultural organizations, the ideas make me vaguely woozy. But there’s something alluring about positioning culture at the center of people’s lives, rather than at the edges.