Resource Curation
A collection of links and resources designed to help out librarians in their future. By: Pete Crigler
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By: Pete Crigler The Free Library of Philadelphia – Philadelphia, PA The website is: https://www.freelibrary.org/ The article I found mention of the library was here: https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2020/11/02/black-caucus-of-the-ala-celebrates-50-years/ For starters The Free Library is a collection of libraries throughout Philadelphia, being linked under one common name. One look at the home page of the website, you realize this is one of the most important libraries in the country. The amount of information available is just mind blowing. There’s opportunity to explore just about anything one’s heart would desire from a library website. “Over the years, numerous neighborhood libraries have been added to the Free Library system, many of them funded by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, who donated $1.5 million for neighborhood library construction in 1903. Today, the Free Library is composed of Parkway Central Library, three large regional libraries, 49 neighborhood libraries, community Hot Spots, the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, the Regional Research and Operations Center, and the Rosenbach.” (Freelibrary.org) (Bustleton Library in Philly) You can learn more about Black Lives Matter, LGBTQ and different organizations that support and...
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