It’s Library Week! Vote about the Williamsburg Public Library. Join ELGL for daily score updates from the National Championship. We’ll update this post throughtout the week. Leslie B. Knope Award National Finalist Williamsburg, VA Public Library Connect: Facebook, Twitter, and World Wide Web Williamsburg Regional Library on ELGL Chapter I: Voting for the Best Public Library Round of 32: … Continued
In this series, guest columnists write about what’s working at their library, how they are adjusting to the digital age, and what their community expects from a library. Sarah Houghton, San Rafael (CA) Library Director, writes about libraries as community information centers. Public libraries are not what you may remember from your childhood. Tall, dusty stacks. … Continued
The greatness of libraries has been on display throughout the competition for the Leslie B. Knope Award. This week, we will highlight what we learned from those libraries and where libraries are headed. As part of the celebrating libraries, we are encouraging libraries in the US and abroad to submit #LibrarySelfies. You can tweet them … Continued
Did you make a New Year’s Resolution? Chances are you already failed, but don’t worry! Most people do! Rank Top 10 New Years resolutions for 2017 Percent 1 Lose Weight / Healthier Eating 21.4% 2 Life / Self Improvements 12.3% 3 Better Financial Decisions 8.5% 4 Quit Smoking 7.1% 5 Do more exciting things 6.3% … Continued
Voting in the #ELGLKnope National Championship opens on Monday, February 26 at 1:01 a.m. and continues through Friday, March 2 at 11:59 p.m. One vote per person. Share your vote on social media using the hashtag #ELGLKnope, and don’t forget to take a selfie in front of your selected library and share on Twitter, Facebook, … Continued
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In the closest #ELGLKnope matchups of all time, two libraries have emerged victorious and advanced to the #ELGLKnope National Championship: Pueblo, CO Williamsburg, VA Results showed narrow margins of victory over Lawrence, KS and Baytown, TX, and fantastic showings from all Final Four libraries: Pueblo, CO = 5,271, 50.76% Lawrence, KS = 5,113, 49.24% … Continued
By Lynn Kelly-Lehner, City of Temecula, CA, Principal Management Analyst, Linkedin As you have likely read in the media, there is currently a housing crisis in California. California’s high housing costs and soaring rents are driving low and middle-income people into less expensive areas of the state, or even to other parts of the country. According … Continued
Sign up to write for ELGL about this topic and engage with us on social media using the hashtag #HQ2PublicFunds. Questions? Send us an email. We’ll use the hashtag on the blog to categorize all discussions on this topic. Today ELGL member Matt Lorenzen shares his perspective on the topic. “Liberals JUST DON’T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING….. … Continued
Jose De La Cruz Chief Innovation Officer City of San Antonio, TX Bio | LinkedIn Craig Hopkins Chief Information Officer City of San Antonio, TX Bio | LinkedIn | Twitter Using tech and innovation to improve people’s lives. Two CIOs, one city. Jose De La Cruz the Chief Innovation Officer and Craig Hopkins the Chief Information … Continued
I thought today would be a good time to write about something exciting and hopeful for the future — so let’s talk about the Internet of Things (IoT) and how it’s impacting local government, and how that impact could grow! In case you’re not familiar, The Internet of Things is “a global infrastructure for the … Continued
