[Publib] "Libraries are essential to economic development" ...anarticle of faith?

[Dusty Gres]

>From OCLC Abstracts January 29, 2007 · Vol. 10, No. 4

 

Libraries are key to building local economic base says new study

 

Researchers find that public libraries impact human, physical and community
capacity

 
<http://visit.oclc.org/t?r=896&c=865459&l=30085&ctl=1601520:0C52E1C0C2EDF2DF
F8F75FCDF84F921C1C1E8550E05930E2> Public libraries build a community’s
capacity for economic activity and resiliency, says a new study from the
Urban Institute. Making Cities Stronger: Public Library Contributions to
Local Economic Development adds to the body of research that points to a
shift in the role of public libraries—from a passive, recreational reading
and research institution to an active economic development agent, addressing
such pressing urban issues as literacy, workforce training, small business
vitality and community quality of life. The study was commissioned by the
Urban Libraries Council (ULC) and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation and Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.

“The rules of engagement in economic development are changing. Strategies
for building a strong base are being realigned in the context of the
knowledge economy,” says ULC President Martín Gómez. 

View news release:
http://www.urbanlibraries.org/jan1006makingcitiesstronger.html 

 

View Report: http://www.urbanlibraries.org/files/making_cities_stronger.pdf
(35 pp.)

 

 

Dusty Gres, Director
Ohoopee Regional Library System
Hdq: Vidalia-Toombs County Library
610 Jackson Street
Vidalia, GA 30474
PH: (912) 537-9283
FAX: (912) 537-3735
EMAIL: gresd at ohoopeelibrary.org
WEB: http://www.ohoopeelibrary.org <http://www.ohoopeelibrary.org/> 
  

 

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Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 12:58 PM
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Subject: [Publib] "Libraries are essential to economic development"
...anarticle of faith?



            Does anyone have a citation for an economic development study(s)
that states a library is an essential service?  This is the second time I
have read an editorial recently stating this.  While I hold this to be true,
some may believe it to be an "article of faith", and it would be good to
have on file such sources to quote when needed. 

 

            Jimmie

 

Jimmie Epling, Regional Library Consultant

FIVCO/Big Sandy Regional Office

Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

P.O. Box 370, 122 South Main Cross St.

Louisa, KY 41230-0370

V: 606.638.4797  F: 606.638.0586

jimmie.epling at ky.gov

 

 

 

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