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📚 Libraries And Community

Celebrations of the library as a vital civic space—a place where neighborhoods gather, learn, and find common ground across difference.
Library 2020
by Joseph Janes • 2013
The library forecast every director needs: less warehouse, more community, and librarians who teach.
3.50
119
📚 Library Science💻 Digital Libraries🌐 Community Engagement📖 Information Literacy🛠️ Makerspaces
Library 2020 Summary
Library 2020 90%
The library forecast every director needs: less warehouse, more community, and librarians who teach.
by Joseph Janes 2013
3.50
119 ratings
📚 Library Science💻 Digital Libraries🌐 Community Engagement📖 Information Literacy🛠️ Makerspaces
Palaces for the People
by Eric Klinenberg • 2018
Stronger than seawalls: the shared spaces that hold communities together when everything breaks.
3.97
5k+
🏙️ Public Space🧱 Placemaking🤝 Social Capital💪 Community Resilience🌀 Disaster Resilience
Palaces for the People Summary
Palaces for the People 90%
Stronger than seawalls: the shared spaces that hold communities together when everything breaks.
by Eric Klinenberg 2018
3.97
5k+ ratings
🏙️ Public Space🧱 Placemaking🤝 Social Capital💪 Community Resilience🌀 Disaster Resilience
Creative Management of Small Public Libraries in the 21st Century
by Carol Smallwood • 2014
Limited budgets, small staff: the guide to making your library the most vital room in town.
3.60
5
🏛️ Library Management🤝 Community Engagement👥 Staff Development💡 Innovative Programming💰 Fundraising Strategies
Creative Management of Small Public Libraries in the 21st Century Summary
Creative Management of Small Public Libraries in the 21st Century 90%
Limited budgets, small staff: the guide to making your library the most vital room in town.
by Carol Smallwood 2014
3.60
5 ratings
🏛️ Library Management🤝 Community Engagement👥 Staff Development💡 Innovative Programming💰 Fundraising Strategies
Digital Rights Management
by Catherine A Lemmer • 2016
DRM dismantled library lending, privacy, and preservation. Here is where to push back.
4.00
1
🏛️ Library Science🔐 Digital Rights Management⚖️ Copyright Law👁️ Reader Privacy💾 Digital Preservation
Digital Rights Management Summary
Digital Rights Management 89%
DRM dismantled library lending, privacy, and preservation. Here is where to push back.
by Catherine A Lemmer 2016
4.00
1 ratings
🏛️ Library Science🔐 Digital Rights Management⚖️ Copyright Law👁️ Reader Privacy💾 Digital Preservation
Libraries that Learn
by Jennifer A. Bartlett • 2019
Nine shifts that turn a static library into a learning engine, from analytics to adaptive spaces.
3.22
9
🏛️ Library Management🧠 Knowledge Management💻 Digital Libraries👤 User-Centered Design🔍 Information Literacy
Libraries that Learn Summary
Libraries that Learn 89%
Nine shifts that turn a static library into a learning engine, from analytics to adaptive spaces.
by Jennifer A. Bartlett 2019
3.22
9 ratings
🏛️ Library Management🧠 Knowledge Management💻 Digital Libraries👤 User-Centered Design🔍 Information Literacy
The Library Book
by Susan Orlean • 2018
A seven-hour fire, 400,000 lost books, and one aspiring actor whose story kept changing.
3.88
126k+
📚 Library History🏛️ Public Libraries✍️ Narrative Journalism🔍 Arson Investigation🔥 Book Burning
The Library Book Summary
The Library Book 89%
A seven-hour fire, 400,000 lost books, and one aspiring actor whose story kept changing.
by Susan Orlean 2018
3.88
126k+ ratings
📚 Library History🏛️ Public Libraries✍️ Narrative Journalism🔍 Arson Investigation🔥 Book Burning
Library Management
by Bridgit McCafferty • 2021
The management toolkit library school never provided: people, budgets, culture, and crisis.
3.00
2
🏛️ Library Management📋 Project Management🏢 Middle Management🌱 Organizational Culture🚨 Crisis Leadership
Library Management Summary
Library Management 88%
The management toolkit library school never provided: people, budgets, culture, and crisis.
by Bridgit McCafferty 2021
3.00
2 ratings
🏛️ Library Management📋 Project Management🏢 Middle Management🌱 Organizational Culture🚨 Crisis Leadership
Community Building on the Web
by Amy Jo Kim • 1999
Nine design rules for online communities that earn trust and grow more intimate, not less.
3.68
101
🏘️ Community Management🎨 Community Design🔄 Membership Models🌱 User Onboarding🎉 Community Rituals
Community Building on the Web Summary
Community Building on the Web 88%
Nine design rules for online communities that earn trust and grow more intimate, not less.
by Amy Jo Kim 1999
3.68
101 ratings
🏘️ Community Management🎨 Community Design🔄 Membership Models🌱 User Onboarding🎉 Community Rituals
Managing Digital Audiovisual Resources
by Matthew C. Mariner • 2014
From film reels to streaming servers: a librarian's guide to digitizing audiovisual collections.
5.00
1
🗄️ Digital Archives📚 Collection Development🏷️ Metadata Standards🎞️ Audiovisual Preservation💻 Library Digitization
Managing Digital Audiovisual Resources Summary
Managing Digital Audiovisual Resources 88%
From film reels to streaming servers: a librarian's guide to digitizing audiovisual collections.
by Matthew C. Mariner 2014
5.00
1 ratings
🗄️ Digital Archives📚 Collection Development🏷️ Metadata Standards🎞️ Audiovisual Preservation💻 Library Digitization
I'd Rather Be Reading
by Anne Bogel • 2018
Finished her first book by flashlight at 2 a.m. and never stopped: a bibliophile's confessions.
4.02
20k+
📚 Bibliophilia📖 Reading Habits🏛️ Library Nostalgia👥 Book Community📦 Book Collecting
I'd Rather Be Reading Summary
I'd Rather Be Reading 88%
Finished her first book by flashlight at 2 a.m. and never stopped: a bibliophile's confessions.
by Anne Bogel 2018
4.02
20k+ ratings
📚 Bibliophilia📖 Reading Habits🏛️ Library Nostalgia👥 Book Community📦 Book Collecting
The Art of Community
by Charles H. Vogl • 2016
Seven elements that forge a meaningful community, where members grow and look out for each other.
3.68
1k+
🏘️ Community Building🫂 Belonging🧱 Group Culture🕯️ Ritual Design📖 Organizational Stories
The Art of Community Summary
The Art of Community 88%
Seven elements that forge a meaningful community, where members grow and look out for each other.
by Charles H. Vogl 2016
3.68
1k+ ratings
🏘️ Community Building🫂 Belonging🧱 Group Culture🕯️ Ritual Design📖 Organizational Stories
The Good Society
by Robert N. Bellah • 1991
Individualism gutted our institutions. Repair begins where the myth ends: we need each other.
3.66
105
🏘️ Communitarianism🗳️ American Civic Life🏛️ Democratic Theory💰 Market Criticism⚖️ Moral Economy
The Good Society Summary
The Good Society 88%
Individualism gutted our institutions. Repair begins where the myth ends: we need each other.
by Robert N. Bellah 1991
3.66
105 ratings
🏘️ Communitarianism🗳️ American Civic Life🏛️ Democratic Theory💰 Market Criticism⚖️ Moral Economy
Bowling Alone
by Robert D. Putnam • 2000
The clubs emptied and Americans stopped voting. The damage goes deeper than loneliness.
3.85
9k+
🏛️ Social Capital🗳️ Civic Engagement📉 Community Decline🏠 Social Isolation🔄 Generational Change
Bowling Alone Summary
Bowling Alone 88%
The clubs emptied and Americans stopped voting. The damage goes deeper than loneliness.
by Robert D. Putnam 2000
3.85
9k+ ratings
🏛️ Social Capital🗳️ Civic Engagement📉 Community Decline🏠 Social Isolation🔄 Generational Change
The Book on the Bookshelf
by Henry Petroski • 1999
Why books once faced the wall and wore chains: the bookshelf as a history of engineering.
3.75
1k+
📦 Material Culture📖 History Of Reading🏛️ Library History⚠️ Engineering Failures📚 Book Collecting
The Book on the Bookshelf Summary
The Book on the Bookshelf 88%
Why books once faced the wall and wore chains: the bookshelf as a history of engineering.
by Henry Petroski 1999
3.75
1k+ ratings
📦 Material Culture📖 History Of Reading🏛️ Library History⚠️ Engineering Failures📚 Book Collecting
The Bookshop
by Evan Friss • 2024
From Franklin's print shop to Amazon's bookstores: how the American bookstore keeps refusing to die.
3.90
11k+
🏛️ Book Culture📚 Independent Bookstores☕ Third Places🏪 Retail History📖 Bibliophiles
The Bookshop Summary
The Bookshop 88%
From Franklin's print shop to Amazon's bookstores: how the American bookstore keeps refusing to die.
by Evan Friss 2024
3.90
11k+ ratings
🏛️ Book Culture📚 Independent Bookstores☕ Third Places🏪 Retail History📖 Bibliophiles
Get Together
by Bailey Richardson • 2019
Start with five passionate friends, not 500 strangers: the lean playbook for communities that last.
3.77
735
🧱 Community Building🔧 Lean Methodology🙋 Participatory Design👐 Servant Leadership🔮 Ritual Design
Get Together Summary
Get Together 88%
Start with five passionate friends, not 500 strangers: the lean playbook for communities that last.
by Bailey Richardson 2019
3.77
735 ratings
🧱 Community Building🔧 Lean Methodology🙋 Participatory Design👐 Servant Leadership🔮 Ritual Design
Community
by Peter Block • 2008
Belonging is not a program but a conversation: here is how to host it.
4.06
2k+
🏢 Organizational Culture🏛️ Civic Engagement🌱 Asset-Based Thinking👥 Small Group Facilitation🕊️ Restorative Practices
Community Summary
Community 88%
Belonging is not a program but a conversation: here is how to host it.
by Peter Block 2008
4.06
2k+ ratings
🏢 Organizational Culture🏛️ Civic Engagement🌱 Asset-Based Thinking👥 Small Group Facilitation🕊️ Restorative Practices
Building Successful Communities of Practice
by Emily Webber • 2016
Build a peer community where knowledge flows across teams, and silos dissolve from within.
3.86
254
🏘️ Communities Of Practice📚 Organizational Learning🧠 Knowledge Management👥 Social Learning🔨 Community Building
Building Successful Communities of Practice Summary
Building Successful Communities of Practice 88%
Build a peer community where knowledge flows across teams, and silos dissolve from within.
by Emily Webber 2016
3.86
254 ratings
🏘️ Communities Of Practice📚 Organizational Learning🧠 Knowledge Management👥 Social Learning🔨 Community Building
Project Management in the Library Workplace
by Alice Daugherty • 2018
Ad-hoc change exhausts libraries. The project toolkit that turns strategy into working services.
📚 Library Management📋 Project Management Frameworks🗺️ Strategic Planning✅ Quality Management💻 Digital Transformation
Project Management in the Library Workplace Summary
Project Management in the Library Workplace 88%
Ad-hoc change exhausts libraries. The project toolkit that turns strategy into working services.
by Alice Daugherty 2018
📚 Library Management📋 Project Management Frameworks🗺️ Strategic Planning✅ Quality Management💻 Digital Transformation
Together
by Richard Sennett • 2011
The rituals and crafts that make cooperation possible are being dissolved by short-term capitalism.
3.81
469
🧱 Social Cooperation🏙️ Urban Sociology🎭 Ritual And Society🔨 Craftsmanship💬 Dialogic Thinking
Together Summary
Together 88%
The rituals and crafts that make cooperation possible are being dissolved by short-term capitalism.
by Richard Sennett 2011
3.81
469 ratings
🧱 Social Cooperation🏙️ Urban Sociology🎭 Ritual And Society🔨 Craftsmanship💬 Dialogic Thinking
Reveille for Radicals
by Saul D. Alinsky • 1946
Democracy requires organized conflict and leaders from the bottom. A 1946 manual, still unheeded.
3.84
589
🤝 Community Organizing🌱 Grassroots Democracy👥 Indigenous Leadership🎯 Self-Interest Politics⚔️ Conflict As Catalyst
Reveille for Radicals Summary
Reveille for Radicals 88%
Democracy requires organized conflict and leaders from the bottom. A 1946 manual, still unheeded.
by Saul D. Alinsky 1946
3.84
589 ratings
🤝 Community Organizing🌱 Grassroots Democracy👥 Indigenous Leadership🎯 Self-Interest Politics⚔️ Conflict As Catalyst
Spirit Of Community
by Amitai Etzioni • 1993
The rights expansion forgot the duties. What it cost American communities, and how to rebuild.
3.50
80
🏘️ Communitarianism⚖️ Rights And Duties📚 Moral Education👨‍👩‍👧 Family Policy🗳️ Money In Politics
Spirit Of Community Summary
Spirit Of Community 88%
The rights expansion forgot the duties. What it cost American communities, and how to rebuild.
by Amitai Etzioni 1993
3.50
80 ratings
🏘️ Communitarianism⚖️ Rights And Duties📚 Moral Education👨‍👩‍👧 Family Policy🗳️ Money In Politics
Reading in the Wild
by Donalyn Miller • 2013
What separates lifelong readers from the rest? Five habits, and the classroom moves that build them.
4.45
6k+
📚 Reading Workshop⏱️ Independent Reading📖 Classroom Libraries❤️ Reading Motivation👥 Reading Community
Reading in the Wild Summary
Reading in the Wild 88%
What separates lifelong readers from the rest? Five habits, and the classroom moves that build them.
by Donalyn Miller 2013
4.45
6k+ ratings
📚 Reading Workshop⏱️ Independent Reading📖 Classroom Libraries❤️ Reading Motivation👥 Reading Community
Book Lust
by Nancy Pearl • 2003
What to read next, organized not by genre but by how you feel right now.
3.77
4k+
🧭 Book Discovery🎭 Mood-Based Reading🧠 Bibliotherapy📚 Book Lists🔍 Hidden Gems
Book Lust Summary
Book Lust 87%
What to read next, organized not by genre but by how you feel right now.
by Nancy Pearl 2003
3.77
4k+ ratings
🧭 Book Discovery🎭 Mood-Based Reading🧠 Bibliotherapy📚 Book Lists🔍 Hidden Gems
The Anarchist In The Library
by Siva Vaidhyanathan • 2004
The web set free-sharing anarchists against control-hungry oligarchs, and neither side is winning.
3.50
175
🛡️ Digital Rights⚖️ Copyright Politics🏛️ Cultural Commons🌐 Network Society💻 Digital Counterculture
The Anarchist In The Library Summary
The Anarchist In The Library 87%
The web set free-sharing anarchists against control-hungry oligarchs, and neither side is winning.
by Siva Vaidhyanathan 2004
3.50
175 ratings
🛡️ Digital Rights⚖️ Copyright Politics🏛️ Cultural Commons🌐 Network Society💻 Digital Counterculture
The Challenge of Library Management
by Pixey Anne Mosley • 2011
Change in libraries fails on feelings, not logistics. A guide to the emotional leadership side.
3.57
23
📚 Library Management🔄 Organizational Change📋 Change Management🧠 Emotional Intelligence🛡️ Change Resistance
The Challenge of Library Management Summary
The Challenge of Library Management 87%
Change in libraries fails on feelings, not logistics. A guide to the emotional leadership side.
by Pixey Anne Mosley 2011
3.57
23 ratings
📚 Library Management🔄 Organizational Change📋 Change Management🧠 Emotional Intelligence🛡️ Change Resistance
Cognitive Surplus
by Clay Shirky • 2010
Spare time, once captive to television, is now building public goods at the scale of nations.
3.83
6k+
🏭 Peer Production🎬 Participatory Culture🧠 Intrinsic Motivation🤝 Collective Action💻 Open Source Culture
Cognitive Surplus Summary
Cognitive Surplus 87%
Spare time, once captive to television, is now building public goods at the scale of nations.
by Clay Shirky 2010
3.83
6k+ ratings
🏭 Peer Production🎬 Participatory Culture🧠 Intrinsic Motivation🤝 Collective Action💻 Open Source Culture
Organizing
by Marshall Ganz • 2014
The disciplined craft of turning personal stories and living-room meetings into political power.
4.26
19
🧱 Community Organizing🗳️ Civic Leadership📖 Storytelling For Change🤝 Relational Organizing♟️ Strategic Campaigning
Organizing Summary
Organizing 87%
The disciplined craft of turning personal stories and living-room meetings into political power.
by Marshall Ganz 2014
4.26
19 ratings
🧱 Community Organizing🗳️ Civic Leadership📖 Storytelling For Change🤝 Relational Organizing♟️ Strategic Campaigning
Research Strategies
by William B. Badke • 2000
Most student papers summarize. A real research paper argues. The shift starts with the question.
3.79
392
📚 Academic Research📖 Library Research🧠 Information Literacy❓ Research Questions📝 Note-Taking Methods
Research Strategies Summary
Research Strategies 87%
Most student papers summarize. A real research paper argues. The shift starts with the question.
by William B. Badke 2000
3.79
392 ratings
📚 Academic Research📖 Library Research🧠 Information Literacy❓ Research Questions📝 Note-Taking Methods
Politics Is for Power
by Eitan D. Hersh • 2020
Political obsession is a spectator sport that cedes power to the people who actually organize.
4.09
1k+
🏘️ Community Organizing⚡ Power Building📱 Slacktivism📺 Media Criticism🫂 Empathy In Politics
Politics Is for Power Summary
Politics Is for Power 87%
Political obsession is a spectator sport that cedes power to the people who actually organize.
by Eitan D. Hersh 2020
4.09
1k+ ratings
🏘️ Community Organizing⚡ Power Building📱 Slacktivism📺 Media Criticism🫂 Empathy In Politics
Lifehouse
by Adam Greenfield • 2024
Votes and green tech won't stop climate collapse. The real plan: neighbors caring for each other.
3.84
86
🌱 Community Organizing🤝 Mutual Aid Networks🌍 Climate Adaptation🗳️ Direct Democracy🌿 Social Ecology
Lifehouse Summary
Lifehouse 87%
Votes and green tech won't stop climate collapse. The real plan: neighbors caring for each other.
by Adam Greenfield 2024
3.84
86 ratings
🌱 Community Organizing🤝 Mutual Aid Networks🌍 Climate Adaptation🗳️ Direct Democracy🌿 Social Ecology
Writing Alone, Writing Together
by Judy Reeves • 2002
How to start a writing group that provides feedback, builds accountability, and keeps you writing.
4.01
78
👥 Writing Community✍️ Writing Workshops🖋️ Freewriting👓 Peer Critique🎨 Creativity Exercises
Writing Alone, Writing Together Summary
Writing Alone, Writing Together 87%
How to start a writing group that provides feedback, builds accountability, and keeps you writing.
by Judy Reeves 2002
4.01
78 ratings
👥 Writing Community✍️ Writing Workshops🖋️ Freewriting👓 Peer Critique🎨 Creativity Exercises
Every Day I Read
by Hwang Bo-Reum • 2021
Fifty-three essays that reclaim deep reading from the scroll, one stolen quarter-hour at a time.
3.88
4k+
📖 Reading Life📚 Bibliophilia⏳ Reading Habits📱 Digital Distraction🐢 Slow Reading
Every Day I Read Summary
Every Day I Read 87%
Fifty-three essays that reclaim deep reading from the scroll, one stolen quarter-hour at a time.
by Hwang Bo-Reum 2021
3.88
4k+ ratings
📖 Reading Life📚 Bibliophilia⏳ Reading Habits📱 Digital Distraction🐢 Slow Reading
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
by William H. Whyte • 1980
A decade of time-lapse footage on New York plazas upended every assumption about what draws a crowd.
4.33
927
🏙️ Public Space🚶 Street Life🏘️ Human-Scale Urbanism✨ Placemaking🌍 Urban Anthropology
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces Summary
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces 87%
A decade of time-lapse footage on New York plazas upended every assumption about what draws a crowd.
by William H. Whyte 1980
4.33
927 ratings
🏙️ Public Space🚶 Street Life🏘️ Human-Scale Urbanism✨ Placemaking🌍 Urban Anthropology
Coding Freedom
by Gabriella Coleman • 2012
They built a free software revolution while insisting they were not political at all.
3.82
280
💻 Hacker Culture🐧 Free Software Movement🌐 Digital Ethnography📜 Intellectual Property👥 Online Communities
Coding Freedom Summary
Coding Freedom 87%
They built a free software revolution while insisting they were not political at all.
by Gabriella Coleman 2012
3.82
280 ratings
💻 Hacker Culture🐧 Free Software Movement🌐 Digital Ethnography📜 Intellectual Property👥 Online Communities
Morality
by Jonathan Sacks • 2019
Loneliness rivals smoking. Broken politics. Amoral markets. All from one trade: community for self.
4.34
2k+
🔗 Social Capital🫂 Loneliness Epidemic🧍 Individualism Critique🏘️ Communitarianism🪞 Self-Help Critique
Morality Summary
Morality 87%
Loneliness rivals smoking. Broken politics. Amoral markets. All from one trade: community for self.
by Jonathan Sacks 2019
4.34
2k+ ratings
🔗 Social Capital🫂 Loneliness Epidemic🧍 Individualism Critique🏘️ Communitarianism🪞 Self-Help Critique
That Librarian
by Amanda Jones • 2024
A librarian spoke against censorship at a board meeting. The death threats arrived by morning.
3.73
5k+
🚫 Book Banning🗽 Intellectual Freedom📚 Librarians⛪ Religious Nationalism🏴 Political Extremism
That Librarian Summary
That Librarian 87%
A librarian spoke against censorship at a board meeting. The death threats arrived by morning.
by Amanda Jones 2024
3.73
5k+ ratings
🚫 Book Banning🗽 Intellectual Freedom📚 Librarians⛪ Religious Nationalism🏴 Political Extremism
The Wealth of Networks
by Yochai Benkler • 2006
Free, voluntary collaboration now rivals the firm, upending the old rules of economy and democracy.
3.96
2k+
🌐 Digital Commons👥 Mass Collaboration💻 Open Source Culture📡 Networked Economy📰 Media Disruption
The Wealth of Networks Summary
The Wealth of Networks 87%
Free, voluntary collaboration now rivals the firm, upending the old rules of economy and democracy.
by Yochai Benkler 2006
3.96
2k+ ratings
🌐 Digital Commons👥 Mass Collaboration💻 Open Source Culture📡 Networked Economy📰 Media Disruption
El infinito en un junco
by Irene Vallejo • 2019
Papyrus rots. Libraries burn. The improbable survival story of the books you still read.
4.24
27k+
📚 Book History🏛️ Ancient Libraries✍️ Writing Systems🗣️ Orality And Literacy📜 Textual Transmission
El infinito en un junco Summary
El infinito en un junco 87%
Papyrus rots. Libraries burn. The improbable survival story of the books you still read.
by Irene Vallejo 2019
4.24
27k+ ratings
📚 Book History🏛️ Ancient Libraries✍️ Writing Systems🗣️ Orality And Literacy📜 Textual Transmission
Paint Your Town Red
by Matthew Brown • 2021
38 million to 111 million: the spending shift that rebuilt a town.
3.71
173
🏘️ Localism🗳️ Economic Democracy🤝 Worker Cooperatives🛒 Local Procurement🗣️ Participatory Democracy
Paint Your Town Red Summary
Paint Your Town Red 87%
38 million to 111 million: the spending shift that rebuilt a town.
by Matthew Brown 2021
3.71
173 ratings
🏘️ Localism🗳️ Economic Democracy🤝 Worker Cooperatives🛒 Local Procurement🗣️ Participatory Democracy
Habits of the Heart
by Robert N. Bellah • 1985
America's faith in the autonomous self has hollowed out its communities and left citizens isolated.
3.89
1k+
🇺🇸 American Society🏛️ Political Sociology🌐 Individualism Critique🔨 Work And Meaning🤝 Social Capital
Habits of the Heart Summary
Habits of the Heart 87%
America's faith in the autonomous self has hollowed out its communities and left citizens isolated.
by Robert N. Bellah 1985
3.89
1k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American Society🏛️ Political Sociology🌐 Individualism Critique🔨 Work And Meaning🤝 Social Capital
Team Human
by Douglas Rushkoff • 2019
Technology promised connection but atomized us. The fix is not code; it is reclaiming our humanity.
3.83
1k+
📱 Digital Criticism⚠️ Algorithmic Bias🧬 Social Creatures🤝 Collective Action🏘️ Localism
Team Human Summary
Team Human 87%
Technology promised connection but atomized us. The fix is not code; it is reclaiming our humanity.
by Douglas Rushkoff 2019
3.83
1k+ ratings
📱 Digital Criticism⚠️ Algorithmic Bias🧬 Social Creatures🤝 Collective Action🏘️ Localism
The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan
by Liesl Clark • 2020
A no-shopping plan that saves money, cuts waste, and turns neighbors into your best resource.
3.44
2k+
🧩 Anti-Consumerism🎁 Gift Economies🤝 Sharing Economy🪴 Minimalism♻️ Waste Reduction
The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan Summary
The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan 87%
A no-shopping plan that saves money, cuts waste, and turns neighbors into your best resource.
by Liesl Clark 2020
3.44
2k+ ratings
🧩 Anti-Consumerism🎁 Gift Economies🤝 Sharing Economy🪴 Minimalism♻️ Waste Reduction
Sharing the Journey
by Robert Wuthnow • 1994
Forty percent of American adults are rebuilding community and faith inside small support groups.
3.50
10
🫂 Support Groups⛪ Sociology Of Religion🏘️ Community Studies📖 Narrative Identity💖 Emotional Support
Sharing the Journey Summary
Sharing the Journey 87%
Forty percent of American adults are rebuilding community and faith inside small support groups.
by Robert Wuthnow 1994
3.50
10 ratings
🫂 Support Groups⛪ Sociology Of Religion🏘️ Community Studies📖 Narrative Identity💖 Emotional Support
Everything Is Miscellaneous
by David Weinberger • 2007
Atoms forced one shelf per book. Bits let every fact live in many places at once.
3.74
2k+
📐 Information Architecture🏷️ Folksonomies🗂️ Classification Systems👥 Social Knowledge✍️ User-Generated Content
Everything Is Miscellaneous Summary
Everything Is Miscellaneous 87%
Atoms forced one shelf per book. Bits let every fact live in many places at once.
by David Weinberger 2007
3.74
2k+ ratings
📐 Information Architecture🏷️ Folksonomies🗂️ Classification Systems👥 Social Knowledge✍️ User-Generated Content
The 2-Hour Cocktail Party
by Nick Gray • 2022
Not a natural networker? Two hours on a Tuesday with name tags does the work for you.
4.15
857
👥 Adult Friendship🤝 Professional Networking🎉 Hosting Gatherings🔗 Weak Ties🏘️ Community Building
The 2-Hour Cocktail Party Summary
The 2-Hour Cocktail Party 87%
Not a natural networker? Two hours on a Tuesday with name tags does the work for you.
by Nick Gray 2022
4.15
857 ratings
👥 Adult Friendship🤝 Professional Networking🎉 Hosting Gatherings🔗 Weak Ties🏘️ Community Building
Managerial Leadership for Librarians
by G. Edward Evans • 2017
The library manager's playbook: public budgets, volunteer boards, and the scrutiny that never quits.
2.89
18
📚 Library Management🤝 Nonprofit Management🎯 Strategic Planning📋 Board Governance⚖️ Ethical Leadership
Managerial Leadership for Librarians Summary
Managerial Leadership for Librarians 87%
The library manager's playbook: public budgets, volunteer boards, and the scrutiny that never quits.
by G. Edward Evans 2017
2.89
18 ratings
📚 Library Management🤝 Nonprofit Management🎯 Strategic Planning📋 Board Governance⚖️ Ethical Leadership
Made for People
by Justin Whitmel Earley • 2023
Hyper-connected yet lonely: the habits that reclaim friendship as a Christian practice.
4.45
3k+
🌍 Loneliness Epidemic⛪ Biblical Community🙏 Spiritual Formation🤝 Intentional Community💬 Honest Relationships
Made for People Summary
Made for People 87%
Hyper-connected yet lonely: the habits that reclaim friendship as a Christian practice.
by Justin Whitmel Earley 2023
4.45
3k+ ratings
🌍 Loneliness Epidemic⛪ Biblical Community🙏 Spiritual Formation🤝 Intentional Community💬 Honest Relationships
The Springboard
by Stephen Denning • 2000
The 29-word story that outperformed the corporate deck: how oral storytelling drives change.
3.29
72
📖 Business Storytelling🔄 Change Management🧠 Knowledge Management👥 Communities Of Practice🗣️ Oral Storytelling
The Springboard Summary
The Springboard 87%
The 29-word story that outperformed the corporate deck: how oral storytelling drives change.
by Stephen Denning 2000
3.29
72 ratings
📖 Business Storytelling🔄 Change Management🧠 Knowledge Management👥 Communities Of Practice🗣️ Oral Storytelling
Reinventing Discovery
by Michael Nielsen • 2011
Science's discovery model held for 300 years. Open networks and citizen labs are replacing it.
3.94
640
🔓 Open Science🔭 Citizen Science🧠 Collective Intelligence📊 Open Data📢 Science Communication
Reinventing Discovery Summary
Reinventing Discovery 87%
Science's discovery model held for 300 years. Open networks and citizen labs are replacing it.
by Michael Nielsen 2011
3.94
640 ratings
🔓 Open Science🔭 Citizen Science🧠 Collective Intelligence📊 Open Data📢 Science Communication
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