Links to web sites referred to in Marylaine Block's book The Thriving Library: Successful Strategies for Challenging Times. Available from Information Today, April, 2007.

CHAPTER ONE: YOUTH SERVICES

• Story Place, http://www.storyplace.org/sp/storyplace.asp
• Grow Up Reading @ the West Bloomfield Township Public Library, http://www.growupreading.org/
• Tapestry of Tales Family Storytelling Festival, http://www.multcolib.org/events/tales/
• Tampa Hillsborough Storytelling Festival, http://www.tampastory.org/
• Cerritos Library Photos, http://www.ci.cerritos.ca.us/library/photos/library.html
• Southfield Public Library. Virtual Tour, http://www.sfldlib.org/virtual/tourhome.html
• Wordsmiths, http://teenlink.nypl.org/WordSmiths-Current.cfm
• Monroe County Public Library. The Poetry Wall, http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/teens/for_you/poetry_wall.html
• Imaginon, http://www.imaginon.org
• Teen Pages, Public Library of Charlotte-Mecklenburg County, The Loft, http://www.libraryloft.org
  
  
  

  CHAPTER TWO: THE LIBRARY AS PLACE

• Seattle Public Library Central Library Photos and Images, http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=branch_central_currentphotos&branchID=1
• Burton Barr Central Library (images and commentary), http://www.waltlockley.com/burtonbarr/burtonbarr.htm
• iNeTours.com. New York City Tour: New York Public Library at 42nd Street and Adjacent Bryant Park, http://www.inetours.com/New_York/Pages/Library.html
• Wintergarden @ the Chicago Public Library Harold Washington Library Center- Chicago, http://www.flickr.com/photos/superhappyindustries/85533054/in/set-1826153/
• Flickr: Photos Tagged with vancouverpubliclibrary, http://flickr.com/photos/tags/vancouverpubliclibrary/
  
  
  

  CHAPTER THREE: PARTNERSHIPS

• Imaginon: About Us, http://www.imaginon.org/aboutUs.asp
  
  
  

  CHAPTER FOUR: MARKETING

• Anderson Public Library, http://www.and.lib.in.us
• Cerritos Public Library, http://www.ci.cerritos.ca.us/library/library.html
• Southfield Public Library, http://www.sfldlib.org/
• Newton Free Library, http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/Library/
• Cuyahoga County Public Library, http://www.cuyahogalibrary.org/
• Naperville Public Library, http://www.naperville-lib.org/
• Friends of the Minneapolis Public Library. Friends Ad Campaign. 2005, http://www.friendsofmpl.org/Friends_adcampaign2005.html
• Brooklyn Public Library. Did You Know? http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/pdf/DidYouKnow.pdf
• MPower card, http://www.hclibrary.org/borrowing/glibrary.cfm
• Princeton Public Library, http://www.princeton.lib.nj.us
• Kansas City, Kansas Public Library Online News, March, 2004, http://www.kckpl.lib.ks.us/LIBREPT/LNMAR04.HTM Arrow down to the picture of R.U. Reading
• Photo Stamps, http://photo.stamps.com/PhotoStamps/source=si10985886
• Remember Pittsburgh - by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, http://store.yahoo.com/carnegielibraryofpittsburgh/
• New York Public Library Lion T-shirt, http://www.thelibraryshop.org/liontshirt.html
• Sandusky Library Gift Shop, http://www.sandusky.lib.oh.us/Public/librarygiftshop.asp
• Houston Public Library Power Card, http://www.hpl.lib.tx.us/librarycard/

  Additions

• The Full Set of Our Librarian Trading Cards http://booklovers.pbwiki.com/
  
  
  

  CHAPTER FIVE: STRESSING ECONOMIC VALUE

• "The Bindery @VPL," http://vancouverpubliclibrary.org/branches/LibrarySquare/tsv/bindery/gallerydoor.html
• Memphis Public Library - JobLINC, http://www.memphislibrary.org/linc/Joblinc.htm
  
  
  

  CHAPTER SIX: "LIBRARY 2.0"

• The Shifted Librarian, http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/
• LibraryCrunch. http://www.librarycrunch.com
• The Librarian in Black (Sarah Houghton-Jan), http://librarianinblack.typepad.com
• St. Joseph County Public Library, http://sjcpl.lib.in.us/
• Ann Arbor District Library, http://www.aadl.org
• St. Charles (IL) Public Library, http://www.stcharleslibrary.org/
• Thomas Ford Memorial Library, Western Springs, IL http://www.fordlibrary.org/
• Evansville Vanderburgh (IN) Public Library, http://www.evpl.org/
• Kankakee (IL) Public Library, http://www.kankakee.lib.il.us/
• Story Place, http://www.storyplace.org
• Book Hive, http://www.bookhive.org/
• Denver Public Library, http://denverlibrary.org
• Hennepin County Library MySpace page, http://www.myspace.com/hennepincountylibrary
• Denver Public Library's MySpace page, http://www.myspace.com/denver_evolver
• Photos from Cleveland Heights University Heights Public Library, http://www. flickr.com/photos/heightslibrary/
• Photos from LaGrange Park Library, http://www.flickr.com/photos/60582448@NOO
• LaGrange Park Public Library's Bookmarks at del.icio.us, http://del.icio.us/LaGrangeParkLibrary
• St. Joseph County Public Library [Wiki-Based] Subject Guides, http://www.libraryforlife.org/subjectguides/index.php/Main_Page
• Queens Borough Public Library Community Information Databases, http://queenslibrary.org/index.aspx?section_id=5&page_id=46
• Lakewood (OH) Public Library, http://lkwdpl.org
• Wilton Community Calendar, http://www.wiltonlibrary.org/calendar/calendar/
• Tacoma Public Library: Tacoma Past and Present, http://www.tpl.lib.wa.us/Page.aspx?nid=7
• San Jose Public Library California Room, http://www.sjlibrary.org/research/special/ca/
• New York Public Library Digital Schomburg, http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/images_aa19/
• New York Public Library Digital Gallery, http://digitalgallery.nypl.org
• Denver Public Library Western History and Genealogy Collection, http://denverlibrary.org/whg/index.html
• Princeton Public Library's "Gadget Garage," http://www.princeton.lib.nj.us/reference/techcenter/gadgetgarage.html
• BraryDog at the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County, http://brarydog.org
• Morton Grove (IL) Public Library's MatchBook Program, http://www.webrary.org/rs/matchbookabout.html
• Hennepin County Library: Subscribe to our RSS Feeds, http://www.hclib.org/pub/search/RSS.cfm
• Columbus Metropolitan Library Events & News, http://www.cml.lib.oh.us/ebranch/about_cml/events_news/index.cfm
• Denver Public Library Toolbar, http://www.denverlibrary.org/toolbar/index.html
• Postcards from Lakewood Public Library, http://www.lkwdpl.org/postcards/
• The Latest SCCoop from the Santa Clara County Library, http://146.74.224.231/
• Denver Public Library Evolver Report, http://teens.denverlibrary.org/evolver_report.html
• LitClick from Elmwood Park Public Library, http://www.elmwoodparklibrary.org/litclick.htm
• Library Success Wiki, http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Main_Page
• Tame the Web, http://www.tametheweb.com

  Additions:
  

• PLCMC Teen Loft's MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/libraryloft
• PLCMC Teen Pages: LibraryLoft Podcasts http://www.libraryloft.org/podcasts.asp
• Princeton Public Library: BookLoversWiki, http://booklovers.pbwiki.com/
  
  
  

  CHAPTER SEVEN: OUTREACH TO NONTRADITIONAL USERS

• Sportsman's Collection, Freeport (ME) Community Library, http://www.freeportlibrary.com/sportsmans.htm
• Men's Cancer Resource Center, Hillsborough County Library, http://www.hcplc.org/hcplc/liblocales/jfg/B&G/mcrc.html
• Vancouver Public Library, Marpole Branch, (arrow down to "Man in the Moon"), http://www.vpl.ca/branches/Marpole/home.html
• Seattle Public Library. What You Should Know About the Library Equal Access Program, http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=audience_specialservices_leap
• Phoenix Public Library Special Needs Center, http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/snc.jsp
• Denver Public Library's Blair-Caldwell African-American Research Library, http://aarl.denverlibrary.org/
• Broward County Library's African-American Research Library and Cultural Center, http://www.broward.org/library/aarlcc.htm
• Oakland Public Library's African-American Museum and Library, http://www.oaklandlibrary.org/AAMLO/
• New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/sc.html
• Digital Schomburg: "Images of African-Americans from the 19th Century," http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/images_aa19/
• Princeton Public Library Guide to African American Genealogy on the Web, http://www.princeton.lib.nj.us/robeson/genealogylinks.html
• Miami-Dade Public Library. The Art of Storytelling, http://www.mdpls.org/news/spec_events/aosExpose/intro.htm
• Queens Borough Public Library New Americans Program, http://www.queenslibrary.org/programs/nap/aboutnap.asp
• Community Resources Selected by Skokie Public Library, http://www.skokie.lib.il.us/s_community/cm_cultural/
• Queens Borough Public Library Community Information Databases, http://queenslibrary.org/index.aspx?section_id=5&page_id=46
  
  
  

  CHAPTER EIGHT: HELPING THE COMMUNITY ACHIEVE ITS ASPIRATIONS

• BNA's Web Watch, http://www.bna.com/webwatch
• The Virtual Chase, http://www.virtualchase.com/
• National Library of Medicine, http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
• Bemis Public Library: Memories of WWII, http://www.littleton.org/history/mem.asp
• Tacoma Public Library - Tacoma Past and Present, http://www.tpl.lib.wa.us/Page.aspx?nid=7
• Minneapolis Public Library: Election Minneapolis, http://www.mplib.org/elections2005/votersguide.pdf

  Additions

• Critical Connectors [Governing] http://www.governing.com/articles/12talk.htm - A nice article on how librarians serve as first responders during community crisis.
  
  
  

  WEBSITES FOR ALL LIBRARIES MENTIONED IN THIS BOOK

• Alamogordo (NM) Public Library, http://alamogordo.nm.us/Library/coalibrary.html
• Allen County (IN) Public Library, http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/
• Anderson (IN) Public Library, http://www.andersonpubliclibrary.org/
• Ann Arbor District Library, http://www.aadl.org
• Arapahoe Library District (CO), http://www.arapahoelibraries.org/
• Ashland (MA) Public Library, http://www.ashlandmass.com/library/
• Aurora (IL) Public Library, http://www.aurora.lib.il.us/
• Austin (TX) Public Library, http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/library/
• Baltimore County (MD) Public Library, http://www.bcplonline.org/
• Baraboo (WI) Public Library, http://www.scls.lib.wi.us/baraboo/
• Barrington Area (IL) Public Library, http://www.barringtonarealibrary.org/
• Bemis Public Library, Littleton, CO, http://www.littletongov.org/bemis/
• Bettendorf (IA) Public Library, http://www.bettendorflibrary.com
• Boone County (AR) Public Library, http://www.bcl.state.ar.us/
• Boulder (CO Public Library, http://www.boulder.lib.co.us/
• Brookline (MA) Public Library, http://www.town.brookline.ma.us/Library/
• Brooklyn Public Library, http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org
• Broward County (FL) Library, http://www.broward.org/library/
• Burbank (CA) Public Library, http://www.burbank.lib.ca.us/
• Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, http://www.clpgh.org/
• Cedar Falls (IA) Public Library http://www.cedarfallspubliclibrary.org
• Cerritos (CA) Library, http://library.ci.cerritos.ca.us/
• Chelsea District (MI) Library, http://www.chelsea.lib.mi.us/
• Chicago Public Library, http://www.chipublib.org/
• Cleveland Heights-University Heights (OH) Library,
• Cleveland Public Library, http://cpl.org
• Columbus (OH) Metropolitan Library, http://www.cml.lib.oh.us/
• Cuyahoga County (OH) Public Library, http://www.cuyahogalibrary.org
• Danbury (CT) Public Library, http://www.danburylibrary.org/
• Darien (CT) Public Library, http://www.darienlibrary.org
• Dayton and Montgomery County (OH) Public Library, http://www.daytonmetrolibrary.org
• Denver Public Library, http://www.denver.lib.co.us/
• Des Moines Public Library, http://www.pldminfo.org/
• Des Plaines (IL) Public Library, http://www.dppl.org/
• Douglas County (CO) Libraries, http://www.douglascountylibraries.org/
• Elmhurst (IL) Public Library, http://www.elmhurst.lib.il.us/
• Enoch Pratt Free Library (Baltimore, MD), http://www.epfl.net/
• Eugene (OR) Public Library, http://www.ci.eugene.or.us/Library/
• Evansville Vanderburgh (IN) Public Library, http://www.evpl.org/
• Fairfax County (VA) Public Library, http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/
• Fairfield (CT) Public Library, http://www.fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/
• Fargo (ND) Public Library, http://www.ci.fargo.nd.us/library/
• Fayetteville (AR) Public Library, www.faylib.org/
• Ferguson Library, Stamford, CT, http://www.fergusonlibrary.org
• Fort Worth (TX) Public Library, http://www.fortworthlibrary.org/
• Fox River (IL) Grove Memorial Library, http://www.frgml.lib.il.us/
• Free Library of Philadelphia, http://www.library.phila.gov/
• Glendale (AZ) Public Library, http://www.ci.glendale.az.us/Library/
• Greensboro (NC) Public Library, http://www.greensboro-nc.gov/departments/library
• Gwinnett County (GA) Public Library, http://www.gwinnettpl.org/
• Harmony Library (Front Range Community College and City of Fort Collins, CO), http://www.frontrange.edu/FRCCTemplates/FRCC7.aspx?id=45
• Harris County (TX) Public Library, http://www.hcpl.lib.tx.us/
• Henderson District (NV) Public Libraries, http://www.hdpl.org
• Hennepin County (MN) Library, http://www.hclib.org/
• Houston Public Library, http://www.hpl.lib.tx.us/
• Howard County (MD) Library, http://www.howa.lib.md.us/
• Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library, http://www.imcpl.org
• Iowa City Public Library, http://www.icpl.org/
• Johnson County (KS) Library, http://www.jocolibrary.org
• Jones Library, Amherst, MA, http://www.joneslibrary.org/
• Kankakee (IL) Public Library, http://www.kankakee.lib.il.us/
• Kansas City (KS) Public Library, http://www.kckpl.lib.ks.us/
• King County (WA) Library System, http://kcls.org
• Lakewood (OH) Public Library, http://lkwdpl.org
• Los Angeles Public Library, http://www.lapl.org/
• Louisville (KY) Free Public Library, http://www.lfpl.org/
• Lucy Robbins Welles Library, Newington, CT, http://www.newington.lib.ct.us/
• Madison (WI) Public Library, http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/
• Mashpee (MA) Public Library, http://www.ci.mashpee.ma.us/Pages/MashpeeMA_Library/index
• Miami-Dade (FL) Public Library System, http://www.mdpls.org/
• Milwaukee Public Library, http://www.mpl.org/
• Minneapolis Public Library, http://www.mpls.lib.mn.us/
• Monroe County (IN) Public Library, http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/
• Mount Laurel (NJ) Library, http://www.mtlaurel.lib.nj.us/
• Multnomah County (OR) Library, http://www.multcolib.org
• Naperville (IL) Public Library, http://www.naperville-lib.org
• New York Public Library, http://nypl.org
• Newton (MA) Free Library, http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/library/
• Oakland (CA) Public Library, http://www.oaklandlibrary.org/
• Oak Lawn (IL) Public Library, http://www.lib.oak-lawn.il.us/
• Orange County (FL) Library System, http://www.ocls.info/
• Phoenix Public Library, http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/
• Pikes Peak (CO) Library District, http://www.ppld.org
• Portneuf District Library, Chubbuck, ID, http://www.lili.org/portneuf/
• Princeton (NJ) Public Library, http://www.princeton.lib.nj.us/
• Prospect Heights (IL) Public Library District, http://www.phl.alibrary.com/
• Providence Public Library, http://www.provlib.org
• Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County (NC), http://www.plcmc.org/
• Queens Borough Public Library, http://www.queenslibrary.org
• Reed Memorial Library, Ravenna, OH, http://www.reed.lib.oh.us/
• Richland County (SC) Public Library, http://www.richland.lib.sc.us/
• Sacramento (CA) Public Library, http://www.saclibrary.org/
• Salt Lake City Public Library, http://www.slcpl.lib.ut.us/
• San Antonio (TX) Public Library, http://www.sanantonio.gov/library/
• San Diego Public Library, http://www.sandiego.gov/public-library/
• Sandusky (OH) Library, http://www.sandusky.lib.oh.us/
• San Francisco Public Library, http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/
• San Jose (CA) Public Library, http://www.sjlibrary.org/
• San Mateo (CA) Libraries, http://www.ci.sanmateo.ca.us/dept/library/
• Santa Clara County (CA) Library, http://www.santaclaracountylib.org/
• Santa Monica (CA) Public Library, http://www.smpl.org/
• Scottsdale Public Library System, http://library.scottsdaleaz.gov
• Seattle Public Library, http://www.spl.org/
• Shaker Heights (OH) Public Library, http://www.shpl.lib.oh.us/
• Skokie (IL) Public Library, http://www.skokielibrary.info/
• Southfield (MI) Public Library, http://www.sfldlib.org/
• St. Charles City-County (MO) Public Library, http://www.win.org/library/
• St. Charles (IL) Public Library, http://www.stcharleslibrary.org/
• St Joseph County (IN) Public Library, http://www.sjcpl.org
• St. Louis (MO) Public Library, http://www.slpl.lib.mo.us/
• St. Paul (MN) Public Library, http://www.stpaul.lib.mn.us/
• Tacoma (WA) Public Library, http://www.tpl.lib.wa.us/
• Tampa-Hillsborough County (FL) Library System, http://hcplc.org/
• Thomas Ford Memorial Library in Western Springs, IL, http://www.fordlibrary.org/
• Toledo-Lucas County (OH) Public Library, http://www.toledolibrary.org/
• Vancouver (BC) Public Library http://www.vpl.vancouver.bc.ca/
• Washington-Centerville (OH) Public Library, http://www.wcpl.lib.oh.us/
• Waterloo (IA) Public Library, http://www.waterloopubliclibrary.org
• Way Public Library, Perrysburg, OH http://www.way.lib.oh.us/
• Weeks Public Library, Greenland, NH, http://www.weekslibrary.org/
• West Bloomfield Township (MI) Public Library, http://www.wblib.org/
• Westerville (OH) Public Library, http://www.wpl.lib.oh.us/
• Westport (CT) Public Library, http://www.westportlibrary.org/
• White Plains (NY) Public Library, http://www.whiteplainslibrary.org/
• Williamsburg (VA) Regional Library, http://www.wrl.org/
• Wilton (CT) Library, http://www.wiltonlibrary.org
• Winnetka-Northfield (IL) Public Library District, http://www.wpld.alibrary.com/
• Worthington (OH) Libraries, http://www.worthingtonlibraries.org