Friday, April 24, 2015 Service
"I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a good book."
— Groucho Marx

The Netherlands' Record-Breaking Library

The Netherlands' Record-Breaking Library
With the constant and rapid changes in technology, and the decline in government funding, public libraries around the world have found themselves at a crossroads. But a small town in the Netherlands has taken a radical approach to creating a library that better fits the realities of the 21st century. Relying heavily on what the community was looking for, they changed the traditional run-of-the-mill library into a thriving, interactive space. Read more about the dramatic results.

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