{"id":1901,"date":"2019-10-29T14:50:03","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T20:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/?p=1901"},"modified":"2019-10-29T14:50:05","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T20:50:05","slug":"the-important-role-of-the-modern-public-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/2019\/10\/29\/the-important-role-of-the-modern-public-library\/","title":{"rendered":"The Important Role of the Modern Public Library"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As we approach the end of Canadian Library Month, we still\nlove libraries. And we\u2019re not the only ones. Studies by the Pew Research Centre\nrevealed that along with nurses and firefighters, librarians are among only a\nhandful of groups and institutions that Americans still trust. Pew\u2019s library\nresearch also brought attention to the unexpected revelation that millennials\nlove libraries and continue to support and make use them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Endowment for the Humanities (U.S.) magazine\nrecently published an article that discusses <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neh.gov\/article\/complicated-role-modern-public-library\">the\ncomplicated role of modern public libraries<\/a>. Jennifer Howard, author of the\narticle, points out that \u201cYou don\u2019t need money or a library card to access a\nmultitude of on-site resources that includes books, e-books and magazines,\njob-hunting assistance, computer stations, free Wi-Fi, and much more. And the\nlibrary will never share or sell your personal data.\u201d Is there any other place\nthat can say that? Through her research into public libraries in America,\nJennifer found that \u201clibraries have proved over and over again, through decades\nof rapid change and predictions of obsolescence, that they remain essential to\nAmericans\u2019 lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, New York state has recognized that the more rural\nor economically disadvantaged a community is, the more it needs its public\nlibrary to thrive. Therefore, recent state legislation commits <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hudsonvalley360.com\/article\/rural-economically-disadvantaged-libraries-will-get-more-state-funding-new-york\">more\nfunding to rural and economically disadvantaged public libraries.<\/a> Governor\nAndrew Cuomo, who signed the bill into law, stated in a press release:\n\u201cLibraries are cornerstones of any community and great equalizers that provide\nresources and access to information to all New Yorkers, no matter who they are,\nwhere they come from, or how rich or poor they are.\u201d Can you feel the love? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to New York State, and to all other elected\nofficials who recognize the importance of the public library in modern society\nand the even greater importance of public libraries in rural communities. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we approach the end of Canadian Library Month, we still love libraries. And we\u2019re not the only ones. Studies by the Pew Research Centre revealed that along with nurses and firefighters, librarians are among only a handful of groups and institutions that Americans still trust. Pew\u2019s library research also &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advocacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1901","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=1901"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1902,"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1901\/revisions\/1902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}