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The Next IdeaPretend it’s Saturday. You and the kids are running errands, including a several-hour stop at the laundromat. They are bored, you are…
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Children reading books to dogs.It sounds too cute to be true. But it’s a real thing. Throughout the country, libraries are turning to canines to help…
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A partnership between some Macomb County schools and public libraries is giving students access to library services online. Students with school ID…
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Librarians are finding themselves face to face with the heroin and opioid epidemic as drug users take advantage of free access to quiet areas where people…
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Adult coloring books are everywhere and they're filled with images of just about anything. There are adult coloring books that feature owls, butterflies,…
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The public library in an Internet age: At Macomb Library for the Blind digital disruption is welcomeThe Macomb Library for the Blind looks more like a combination of a post office and library than just a library. Plastic bins stamped with “US Postal…
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At the Woodmere branch of the Traverse Area District Library in Traverse City, storytelling doesn’t just mean picture books and reading aloud. It means…
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Dozens of flyers in the front hallway of the newly renovated Pinckney Community Public Library advertise programs: puzzle hour, knitting group, kids yoga,…
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There’s a bright blue bus that rumbles through Ypsilanti streets. The words “Start Here. Go Anywhere.” are painted on the outside. On the inside there are…
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On a recent Thursday, the Cascade Branch of the Kent District Library in Cascade Township, just outside of Grand Rapids, was bustling – but not just with…