Remixing the Public Library

Remixing the Public Library

From BOOKLESS to STACKED, the Changing Face of Madison Public Library




Tuesday, 29 Oct 2013, 03:00PM


Every organization eventually faces the challenge of having to re-invent themselves for a new generation. Learn how, Trent Miller and the Madison Public Library Foundation have remix how we think about public libraries, changing the stodgy to the new and hip. The new Madison Public Library is attracting people who traditionally wouldn't be coming to a library. Going to the Pubic Library is becoming cool again. Miller talks about how creativity, persistence, and being open to change can allow you to transform and organization, using the Madison Public Library as an example.

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Presenters

Trent Miller

Trent Miller

Artist / Curator / Library Program Coordinator, Madison Public Library

Trent Miller is an artist, curator, and the maker program coordinator & gallery director at Madison Public Library, where he is spearheading the library's new maker program called The Bubbler. Miller has focused his energies on bringing creative, innovative, and unusual art events, shows, and workshops to the public library, including…