By Ed Morrison
In a knowledge economy driven by networks, public libraries can play an important economic development role. They can provide a research material, space for training, and opportunities to build civic networks. Equally important, they can provide strong stimulus for family reading, a core skill in the knowledge economy.
Here’s an article out all of Colorado that explores these points. Read more.
EDPro Weblog: Economic Development for Today’s Professionals
OkieK (a librarian) would have posted this first, if she had seen it!
[small biz] [rural] [libraries] [economic development]
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Becky started Small Biz Survival in 2006 to share rural business and community building stories and ideas with other small town business people. She and her husband have a small cattle ranch and are lifelong entrepreneurs. Becky is an international speaker on small business and rural topics.
