Longshots #210 Why Working Together is the Key to Survival

February 1, 2010

Sarah talks with Michael Piper, Executive Director for the Prairie Area Library System, which covers a service area of 10,000 square miles in northern Illinois. Through years working in the arena of multi-type library cooperation in Kansas, Texas, Michigan, and Indiana, Michael is convinced that the sustainability of libraries and library systems is dependent on cooperation and consortia. And as "bartenders of knowledge," cooperative efforts will support us in what we do best – help people transform and grow.

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 Michael Piper  Prairie Area Library System  INCOLSA  library consortia  multitype library cooperation  Illinois Library Systems