His Libraries, 12,000 So Far, Change Lives

Room to Read, a charity founded by John Wood, builds libraries and fills them with books.

Nicholas Kristof piece in the NYT: His Libraries, 12,000 So Far, Change Lives

November 6, 2011 by Uncategorized 4

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4 Responses

  1. Bibliofuture says:
    November 6, 2011 at 12:11 am

    Fighting for Literacy, Library by Library
    Kristof has another piece commenting on his first op-ed piece: Fighting for Literacy, Library by Library

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  2. Anonymous says:
    November 8, 2011 at 9:35 am

    Not really comparable though
    if you are talking about the buildings. If Carnegie had just built some prefabs in every town in the US and Europe it would be the same.

    It’s great, but it’s not the same thing.

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  3. Anonymous says:
    November 11, 2011 at 6:55 pm

    Libraries are more than the
    Libraries are more than the buildings they’re in. They’re more than books. They’re placed (or even, perhaps, virtual spaces) where the public can come to get and use collections of information, with the benefit of skilled professionals who can help them better find what they need/want, and use it.

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