MAR/APR 2011, VOL. 50, NO. 2

Featured Articles

• It Takes a Community to Create a Library
• From Project to Branch Integration and Sustainability: Community-Led Work at Halifax Public Library
• Historical Collections: Is Adding One Right For Your Public Library?

From the President

• A Global Experience

Internet Spotlight

• The Story of Library Renewal and Similar Initiatives

Book Talk

• Without Soil, I Am Not: A Conversation With Alexandra Fuller

New Product News

• Garden Minibeasts Up Close
• Playaway View to Launch in Spring 2011
• New Plug & Play RFID SmartReader
• More Libraries Going Mobile with AirPAC for Smartphones
• Encyclopedia.comOffers Free, Authoritative Information
• Read OverDrive E-Books Now on the iPhone and Android
• PTFS Releases Open Source MARC Utilities Tools
• OCLC and EBSCO to Enhance Discovery Services through Data Exchange
• SirsiDynix Announces Sirsi-Dynix Portfolio Digital Asset Management
• Playaway Adds HD Audio

Features

30 It Takes a Community to Create a Library, Kenneth Williment
36 From Project to Branch Integration and Sustainability: Community-Led Work at Halifax Public Librarie, Kenneth Williment, Tracy Jones-Grant, Denise Somers
42 Historical Collections: Is Adding One Right for Your Public Library

Departments

3 PLA News
4 President's Message
10 Tales from the Front
14 Perspectives
21 The Wired Library
24 Bringing in the Money
28 Passing Notes
50 By the Book
53 New Product News
56 Under the Radar

Extras

2 Editor's Note
6 Verso: So You're the New Director
8 Verso:Three Branches Simultaneously
55 Advertiser Index