Transformed by Teamwork. (cover story)

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    • Subject Terms:
      INDEPENDENCE (Kan.); KANSAS
    • Subject Terms:
      BILL & Melinda Gates Foundation 127256381
    • Abstract:
      The cover story profiles the Independence Public Library (IPL) located in Independence, Kansas, which the journal and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation named as the best small library in America for 2012. The article examines the economic difficulties experienced by the library and the ways in which its administrators attempted to strengthen the library's fiscal portfolio. According to the article, the library and a philanthropic group called Friends of IPL utilized a U.S. promotional campaign entitled "Geek the Library," bought radio advertising, and items that were distributed at no cost throughout Independence to raise the library's profile.