TY - BOOK AU - Munro,Karen TI - Tactical urbanism for librarians: quick, low-cost ways to make big changes SN - 9780838915585 PY - 2017/// CY - Chicago PB - ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association KW - Library planning KW - Libraries and community KW - Libraries and metropolitan areas KW - Libraries KW - Sociological aspects KW - Case studies KW - Organizational change KW - City planning KW - Citizen participation KW - Urban renewal KW - United States N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-156) and index; An introduction to tactical urbanism -- Tactical urbanism case studies. Sidebar : some useful urbanism concepts -- A realistic tactical approach. Sidebar : how about tactical business practices? -- Library case studies -- Library meets city -- Coming back to earth -- A library leader's guide to building a tactical library -- Twelve steps to becoming a tactical library interventionist. Sidebar : tactical follow-ups and where to find more -- Summing up N2 - The term "tactical urbanism" is a new phrase for a type of action that has existed for centuries: actions designed to improve a city or neighborhood with minimal oversight, budget, or delay. It's usually local, immediate, and accomplished without a lot of training or resources. Munro shows that, although libraries have reputations as traditional and bureaucratic, they are also communal systems which can utilize the grassroots, humanist values of tactical urbanism ER -