Economic Challenges Facing Libraries

May 11, 2009

National Press Club | Newsmaker

Jim Rettig, president of the American Library Association, spoke about library operations and services during an economic recession. He outlined several ways in which libraries were responding to public needs, including providing access to computers. He also spoke about challenges facing libraries and the need for funding in hard economic .. Read More
Jim Rettig, president of the American Library Association, spoke about library operations and services during an economic recession. He outlined several ways in which libraries were responding to public needs, including providing access to computers. He also spoke about challenges facing libraries and the need for funding in hard economic times. He also answered questions from the audience.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:00 Unidentified Speaker NOW A DISCUSSION OF HOW THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN IS AFFECTING LIBRARIES. THE HEAD OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY...
00:00:14 Unidentified Speaker GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO TODAY'S NEWSMAKER. I AM PAULA CRUICKSHANK AND I'M CAROL CHIEF WITH THE...
00:02:03 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU PAULA. THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN LEARNING MORE...
00:18:35 Unidentified Speaker STANDARDS FOCUS SON 21ST CENTURY SKILLS SUCH AS THE ABILITY TO INQUIRE, THINK CRITICALLY AND GAIN...
00:30:15 Unidentified Speaker I KNOW YOU WERE MENTIONING SEVERAL ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE WITH GOOGLE. I JUST WONDERED IF YOU HAVE ANY...
00:30:35 Unidentified Speaker THE ATTA PRINT BUT IN COPYRIGHT BOOKS IN THE GOOGLE DATABASE RASUL LOT OF INTERESTING QUESTIONS THAT...
00:32:06 Unidentified Speaker ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY.
00:32:14 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU PAULA. IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE BEING HERE THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB. [APPLAUSE] [INAUDIBLE...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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