Kalamazoo Public Library. (cover story)

Kalamazoo Public Library (Kalamazoo, Mich.); Library awards; Libraries & community; Library finance

Michigan; Kalamazoo (Mich.); United States

Focuses on the Kalamazoo Public Library in Michigan, which was chosen Gale/LJ Library of the Year 2002. Evidence of strong public support for the library because of the willingness of voters to be taxed at a rate more than four times that of the average for public libraries in the United States; Idea of the building strategy that modernizes existing sites and the maintenance of a traditional library is essential; Topics of the digital divide,efforts to reach new library users, Internet filters, literacy, and director Saul Amdursky.