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CONSENSUS? The opportunity for journalist/librarian collaboration

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Bill Densmore

A draft consensus statement for journalist/librarian collaboration is circulating after garnering support at “Beyond Books: News, Literacy, Democracy and America’s Libraries,” a two-day Journalism That Matters symposium in Cambridge April 6-7. On Thursday, participants in “Beyond Books” moved to the … Continue reading →

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LibrariUS at Cohasset Library

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Melody Ng

Paul Pratt Memorial is, as far as I know, the first library that has embedded the LibrariUS widget onto its homepage (Thanks, Jackie and Tom!).  I am so excited to hear more about library use and life in Cohasset through … Continue reading →

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Three notions of community: Engagement, dialog, commons

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Bill Densmore

WATCH VIDEO At the Beyond Books convening organized by Journalism That Matters at the MIT Center for Future Civic Media, April 6, 2011, three short talks by experts on community catalyze roundtable discussions by some 100 participants. Bill Densmore introduces … Continue reading →

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A dialogue about fostering dialogue Laurie Norton Moffatt, Norman Rockwell and the “Four Freedoms Forums”

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Bill Densmore

For several years, Laurie Norton Moffatt has been thinking and writing about the role of public institutions in creating and fostering community. Moffatt is director of the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Mass., the living repository of works by the … Continue reading →

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Idaho libraries ready to test effect of rural broadband upgrade; student video encyclopedia access

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Bill Densmore

Opening up public and educational multimedia resources to direct public use is an emerging challenge and opportunity for both librarians and journalists. A unique collaboration between Idaho Public Television and Boston’s WGBH Educational Foundation, will launch in May to do … Continue reading →

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