It can be challenging to work in a small library where\nspace, staff, and finances are extremely limited. But even the smallest of\nlibraries can borrow ideas from larger organizations and adapt them for success\nin a resource-restricted environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Based on a presentation at the 2018\nBig Talk from Small Libraries<\/a> online conference, this five\n\u201cbig\u201d ideas that work well in small libraries<\/a> blog post includes staff-less\nstorytime, creating teen friendly spaces with what you\u2019ve got, low budget\nmakerspace ideas, and more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n What successful small-scale innovations have you implemented\nin your library? Let\u2019s share them with each other on lib-share. In the words of\nthe author: \u201dOne of the best and easiest ways to make your small library much\nbigger is to collaborate with other libraries in your area.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It can be challenging to work in a small library where space, staff, and finances are extremely limited. But even the smallest of libraries can borrow ideas from larger organizations and adapt them for success in a resource-restricted environment. Based on a presentation at the 2018 Big Talk from Small …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-library-news","category-library-services"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1212"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1213,"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1212\/revisions\/1213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}