Congratulations New Zealand Libraries. 
175 years young.

http://www.librarianchat.com/?p=130913

Careful of your choices‎.
Do your research.
Understand your risks.
Here's the full article and refs.
‎ http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34922712

Be careful what you share.
Full story in the following link.

http://fusion.net/story/215204/law-enforcement-agencies-are-asking-ancestry-com-and-23andme-for-their-customers-dna/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=thisisfusion&hootPostID=bd8957bf79c7325ae29ef10114d7a4f1

‎Not many of us would...

Americans are spending more time not reading.

Pew research:
1. Some haven't touched a book thus year.
2.‎ Young people read more than older folk.
3. Americans,on average read 12 books a year (not bad).
4 . Gender effects reading habits.
5. Print is still alive. Digital book sales declining. 

Full article:

www.mentalfloss.com/article/70303/5-bookish-facts-about-american-reading-habits

Like
LO
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...only‎ for New Yorkers!

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/deborah-kass-oy-yo-brooklyn-sculpture-359534

"We (Librarians) must directly challenge the narrative of Freedom versus Security "

http://quartz.syr.edu/blog/?p=8513

Welcome news. 
Promise of a fix. 
Give it a try at least.

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/55e9c2c8e4b002d5c075db08

Clive, ever vigilant, writes about programs designed to annoy people who make money out of our search for information.

http://www.wired.com/2015/11/clive-thompson-10/?mbid=social_twitter

‎Robert does the ROI for the System, which uses a very different set of metrics. www.rcls.org

It's good to see libraries reaching out to their constituents to explain ‎where the money is

http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2015/11/budgets-funding/report-details-roi-on-14-years-of-citywide-library-improvement/?utm_content=buffer56e37&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

www.2plan22.com

Privacy.
Free expression. 
Free speech.
Do we all want it all?

http://www.pewglobal.org/2015/11/18/global-support-for-principle-of-free-expression-but-opposition-to-some-forms-of-speech/#prioritizing-internet-freedom

www.2plan22.com

Animation of possible NY skyline 2020...
Screen grabs & link.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/new-york-city-skyline-tallest-midtown-manhattan/

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/11/your-phone-is-literally-listening-to-your-tv/416712/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

17 feet below ground, in a concrete bunker...the (NYPL)...is expanding.

Yes, the NYPL had to reevaluate and re-imagine expansion. The solution is clever, practical, secure and technically smart.

"The Bryant storage space consists of two floors, the first of which was put into use in the late 1980s, while the second floor, dug out but not finished back then, has lain fallow. Now, to accommodate the books long housed in the original 105-year-old stacks, a part of the library whose future is still under discussion, the second floor is being turned into a state-of-the-art storage hub."

Here's the link to the full article in the NY Times.

Check out the web link...

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/ottawa/art-art-bank-canada-council-digital-1.3312620

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Are people still asking, "Do libraries 'have a future'?

Do you find yourself defending funding to libraries - your library?

When was the last time someone told you 'books are so yesterday, libraries are dead"?

Public Libraries Europe just updated their Tour site. There are some great talking points here, and a lot of encouraging news.

This is their main website: Public Libraries 2020 Building Stronger EU Communities

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