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A Visit to the Shanghai Public Library
Aging manuscripts share the building with makerspaces.
A Field Trip to America’s Public Libraries
How they serve the needs of their communities
California Dreamin’: How Collaboration Builds Communities
In Winters, California, a library, a swimming pool, and a school make a big difference in the quality of life.
What a Library Levy Means to a West Virginia Town
Charleston votes to save a community pillar.
Not Your Mother’s Library
How Columbus, Ohio, is building community spaces for the 21st century
Re-Knitting the Frayed Social Fabric: What Libraries Can Do
As Ohio goes, so goes the nation—or at least we can hope so in this case.
Vaulting to Great Heights in Allentown
How girls from the Lehigh Valley become world-class gymnasts
First Bowling Alone, Now Vaulting Together
From Tocqueville onward, observers have thought that informal organizations held America together. Are any of them left?
An American Dream: A YMCA with a Circus
For those of you who have always dreamed of running off to join the circus, here is a close second: move to Redlands, California, and join the YMCA. Not only…