This March current National Endowment for the Humanities chairman Jim Leach gave a talk at the Nelson-Atkins Museum entitled “Civility in a Fractured Society.” In the lecture, Leach argued that the real gap in America is not between different parties or different faiths but between those who get their news from single sources and those who use multiple news sources.

The time has come for me to say goodbye.  I'm leaving Johnson County Library for a new position in Texas.  I've had a wonderful three years here as the Community Engagement Librarian and those of you who participated in our programs over the years are a big part of what I have loved most about my work here. 
 
I hope you'll give my successor and the library your full support in the years ahead as this unique and important program continues.  Come to the programs, give us your event ideas, get out there in the community and then tell us what you did!  It's all about the community, after all. 
 
Best wishes to each and every one of you -
 
Lisa

The last few years have been difficult ones for the American public.  High unemployment, home foreclosures and price increases have . . .