Alice (a staff at the the OCLC Computer Library Center and one of the five that maintains this personal group blog) wrote about “13 Ways of looking at a public library”.
I’ve got to agree with her that these 13 factors would determine the sustainability of libraries all over the world. Though the library might not be able to sustain and provide all these services on their own, they can always partner with other organizations to provide the services. For example, at MPOW, we have partnered with The Society of Reading & Literacy - Singapore to provide WISH (Women Learning English) classes to women previously denied the chance to learn the language. We also work with different partners for talks and workshops in the libraries.
So, what are your thoughts on this? Are these the only functions of a library? What about reading and literacy? And in the local context, reading and literacy in the mother tongue?
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