Shout It Out for Your Library!

The New York Public Library has created a new campaign for libraries: “Shout It Out” – hoping to raise awareness for libraries in a time of drastic budget cuts. They’ve made a video callout featuring writers Colson Whitehead, Malcolm Gladwell, Amy Tan, and Nora Ephron as well as celebs Bette Midler, Jeff Daniels, Barbara Walters, Tim Gunn, and more. They hope that people will be inspired to speak out for their libraries and help make sure we can keep providing writers, readers, students, scholars, and so many more, the resources we all need. People can add their own response video, and visit the New York Public Library for other ways to take action. (via Deanna Lee, VP of Communications of The New York Public Library)