Fri. 12:06 pm ET-Traditionally, libraries have been book repositories.  Today, they are much more – they can be community centers, convenient portals to city services, adult education centers, and sources for information that doesn’t exist in books. With “The Library Book” by Susan Orlean as a focus, Leigh and P. T.  chat with DougFrazier about what the library means today – some things may surprise you. 03/29/2019.

Traditionally, libraries have been book repositories.  Today, they are much more – they can be community centers, convenient portals to city services, adult education centers, and sources for information that doesn’t exist in books.  Today’s libraries are also centers for a wide range of book knowledge – web connections give patrons access to books in hundreds of libraries.

Doug Frazier is the Associate Dean of Georgia Southern University Libraries and Director of the Lane Library at the Armstrong campus. The recently‑renovated Lane Library houses more than 200,000 volumes and provides electronic access to 9,000 journals and periodicals and over 200 reference databases. The library has 64 public-access computers. Facilities include eight audio-visual viewing stations, six group study rooms, and a dedicated library-instruction classroom. The Florence Powell Minis Room houses a collection of books about Savannah history and authors; other special collections include the University Archives, the Frank W. and Lillian Spencer Papers, and the Mercer Family Collection.  Using the current best-seller The Library Book by Susan Orlean as a focus, Leigh and P. T.  chat with Doug about what the library means today – some things may surprise you.

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