Beyond Books: Redefining the Civic Role of Public Libraries

U.S. public libraries are redefining and expanding their roles in civic life to ensure community access to the vital information and tools needed to learn, create, and improve lives. Join us for a conversation on public libraries as hubs for civic engagement, with a focus on the innovative neighborhood libraries featured in By the People: Designing a Better America. Author and architecture critic Sarah Williams Goldhagen will moderate a discussion between Zena Howard, principal and architect at Perkins+Will and project manager of two branch libraries for the D.C. Neighborhood Libraries project, and Nate Hill, executive director of Metropolitan New York Library Council and former deputy director of the Chattanooga Public Library.











When: Thu., Mar. 9, 2017 at 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
2 E. 91st St.
212-489-8404
Price: $15
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U.S. public libraries are redefining and expanding their roles in civic life to ensure community access to the vital information and tools needed to learn, create, and improve lives. Join us for a conversation on public libraries as hubs for civic engagement, with a focus on the innovative neighborhood libraries featured in By the People: Designing a Better America. Author and architecture critic Sarah Williams Goldhagen will moderate a discussion between Zena Howard, principal and architect at Perkins+Will and project manager of two branch libraries for the D.C. Neighborhood Libraries project, and Nate Hill, executive director of Metropolitan New York Library Council and former deputy director of the Chattanooga Public Library.

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