Small Libraries Create Smart Spaces Program Launches By Emily Puckett Rodgers on December 30, 2016 Leave a Comment <http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2016/12/buildings/library-buildings/smart-libraries-create-smart-spaces-program-launches/#respond> [image: webjunction-logo]Starting in 2017, 15 small and rural public libraries <https://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/libraries-chosen-smart-spaces.html> from across the United States will participate in the Small Libraries Create Smart Spaces <https://www.webjunction.org/explore-topics/smart-spaces.html> project, an 18-month training program aimed at reimagining and reconfiguring libraries to support active learning, foster social connections, and be places of continued discovery. The project will lead participating libraries through four stages of training, help them to develop an online cohort, and connect their work to the profession at large. Led by a project team of WebJunction, a program of OCLC Research, the project is funded by a National Leadership Grant <https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/lg-80-16-0039-16> from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in partnership with the Association for Rural and Small Libraries (ARSL). Participating libraries will receive $5,000 toward their space redesigns. http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2016/12/buildings/library- buildings/smart-libraries-create-smart-spaces-program-launches/ Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009