Best Practices for Survival of Libraries in Severe Economic Times

This is a continuously updated post, last updated March 23, 2013

What is our city book lender doing boosting sales at Indigo? By Jonathan Goldsbie -- [extract: In addition to providing information about a particular book, the TPL’s online catalogue now also displays an invitation to “Buy your own copy and support the Toronto Public Library.”]

Middletown libraries ask residents for survival plan --Community liaisons will propose solutions for keeping branches open, BY KEITH HEUMILLER -- Extract: The collective fate of three Middletown library branches slated to close in March is now in the hands of resident volunteers.