Quiet Time
One Saturday each month from October to December 2022, the Tazewell County Public Library in Virginia has opened exclusively to children with autism and their families for their new program Autism in the Library. “We decided to design a program specifically for children with autism because they’re welcome in their library,” outreach services coordinator Tammy Powers told WVVA. During the event, the library offers story time, a sensory room with kinetic sand, clay, Lego, building blocks, and a quiet room.
Lost and Found
If a picture is worth a thousand words, what is a precious family photo, a piece of children’s art, a love letter never sent, or a scribbled note tucked in a library book worth? Perhaps a public exhibition. Ten years ago, Sharon McKellar, a librarian at the Oakland Public Library in California, began collecting the objects left in returned books. Now, the public library displays her collection in an exhibition called “Found in a Library Book,” offering snapshots of the lives of anonymous readers in the community.
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B Grace Bullock PhD December 13, 2022
Barry Boyce November 22, 2022
Nkoula Badila August 5, 2022
