Libraries have spent years reinventing themselves. Will they have to do it again?; Marketplace, May 14, 2020

Kai Ryssdal and Alli Fam, Marketplace; Libraries have spent years reinventing themselves. Will they have to do it again?

"Over the past 15 years, public libraries across the country have been rethinking their role as a public space. They’ve evolved from just a place to check out books into community hubs, and the transformation has come with a lot of new initiatives and programs...

Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal talked with Jennifer Pearson, director of the Marshall County Library in Tennessee and president of the Association for Rural and Small Libraries about how her library, and libraries across the country, are continuing to adapt and serve the needs of their patrons."