It is also near a planetarium and an art museum. This is a sign of the close times the library shares with the educational, social and artistic sectors of the community. The Flint Public Library is redefining the role such institutions play in the community. With support from the W-K Kellogg Foundation, Apple Libraries for the Future and others, Flint librarians are creating and redesigning new models for services. Kids Webstation is one example.
Children take pictures of familiar places in Flint, and then make a photo gallery on the Web.
The project teaches the value of information sharing, communication and networking. Children from all over the city who otherwise would never meet learn to collaborate and build relationships within their virtual community networks. The potential of the Internet to serve as a virtually unlimited information resource raises the question of what role traditional libraries will play in the 21st Century. But librarians and staff at the Flint Public Library have shown waht a public library committed to the community can achieve by using the Internet. For Internet On The Air, I'm Todd Mundt.