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Check out the new library in the Greenboro District of Ottawa, Canada. It has a drivethrough book return, free wi-fi, a fireplace, a special teen computer area designed with the help of the teens, a used book store, self-checkout, stained glass art, and more. This is where public library design is going.
Free wi-fi? Design input from your users? Selling used books? Art?
URL: http://www.biblioottawalibrary.ca/explore/branches/sc_e.cfm
Judith A. Siess is a recognized expert in one-person librarianship and interpersonal networking. She was the editor and publisher of The One-Person Library: A Newsletter for Librarians and Management from 1998-2009 and is the author of articles for publications such as American Libraries and Searcher. An active member of SLA since 1980, she was the inaugural chair of its SOLO Librarian’s division, which is now the fourth largest division of the association with nearly 1,000 members. She has drawn from her more than twenty years’ experience to write seven books (see links). She is trying to retire, but it isn't working.
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