Strategy+Business magazine (www.Strategy-Business.com) had an excellent article in their 54th issue, Spring 2009.  The article was entitled, “The Library Rebooted“.  Here is a brief quote:
“Their world has changed–a lot.  The library’s underlying promise hasn’t changed; the library is still a way for us to break beyond the immediate boundaries of our world, to…But the environment [...]

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I started this post once before but due to a ‘blog crash’ I lost it.  Let me start again.  If you have suggestions for me, please email me at Jeff4Books@gmail.com.
Colorado

Frisco (near Vail and Breckenridge) Next Page Bookstore (formerly Next Page Bookstore and the Open Book bookstore.  Merging May 1st, 2009.  See the announcement )

Oregon

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Shelf-Awareness.com’s newsletter announced that:
“two independent bookstores in Frisco, Colo., are merging, effective May 1.
The Next Page Bookstore and the Open Book will become a single business and be named the Next Page Bookstore and operate from Next Page’s location. Frisco is near Vail and Breckenridge.”
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I’m adding these two, I [...]

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