The PLA Blog » paul leclerc http://plablog.org Official Blog of the Public Library Association Tue, 22 May 2012 20:27:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 2006-2008 contact@plablog.org (Public Library Association) contact@plablog.org (Public Library Association) 1440 http://plablog.org/wp-content/themes/default/images/PLABlog_144.png The PLA Blog » paul leclerc http://plablog.org 144 144 The official blog of the Public Library Association Public Library Association Public Library Association contact@plablog.org no no “Ask about the New York Public Library” visualized http://plablog.org/2008/12/ask-about-the-new-york-public-library-visualized.html http://plablog.org/2008/12/ask-about-the-new-york-public-library-visualized.html#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:24:04 +0000 Nate Hill http://plablog.org/?p=1131 This week the New York Times ran an article “Ask about the New York Public Library”. It gives NY Times readers a chance to ask Paul LeClerc, President and CEO of NYPL whatever they want. Well, needless to say, the comments have blown up. In NYC libraryland and probably all over the place, this article is the talk of the town.

I’ve taken all of the comments from this article and removed names, numbers, the terms “NYPL”, “library”, “libraries”, and “public” and used Wordle to create a cloud of the most popular words written in by NY Times commenters.  What better way to determine the public perception and their issues with the public library? Well, reading the comments and thinking about them is pretty important, but this offers another way to think about it.  Readers of the NY Times, fans and critics alike of the NYPL: in your own words, here are your issues.  Enjoy.

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