Thursday, August 23rd, 2012 Posted in Articles, Institutional Library Services | Comments Off on Memories are coming!!!
Our shared memories about libraries will now be posted. Sorry for the delay, the first one will be out today. Enjoy reading about our memories of libraries and feel free to share some of yours in the comments.
Thursday, December 10th, 2009 Posted in Articles, For Libraries, For the Public, News | Comments Off on KCLS Gets Attention for Staffless “Library”
King County Library System (KCLS) has been getting quite a bit of attention the last few days for its staffless library branch.
It started on LJ – http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6710470.html –
“So, how to expand library service on a tight budget? Some libraries have tried vending machines (such as the Go Library/Library-a-Go-Go) or kiosks. The King County Library System (KCLS), WA, just opened an unstaffed 300-square-foot Library Express @ Redmond Ridge, in partnership with the Redmond Ridge Residential Owners Association.
“The new mini-branch was inspired by a survey of community residents; some 95 percent said they would rather pick up their holds in a nearby unstaffed library than drive to a full-service library. Redmond Ridge is a 1,228-unit master-planned community.”