Summary: This episode we chat with Stewart Parsons, creator and driving force behind the highly successful Lancashire County Council’s Get It Loud In Libraries. Get It Loud in Libraries brings live concerts into the library to engage youth and create a connection for them. It builds on the concept that music is a key resource for libraries. Stewart talks about why they created Get It Loud In Libraries, how difficult it was to get support, how youth are involved and some of the experiences they had with some pretty major artists. I met Stewart as part of the International Network of Emerging Library Innovators and have been always been impressed by his energy and vision for making Libraries interesting spaces for the younger people in our cities. He’s giving voice and action to the need to create a meaningful interaction for these people in Libraries and I cannot help but admire that. Stewart was also interviewed recently by Dr Matt Finch for his blog Books and Adventures. This can be found here "I much prefer it when libraries are less about archiving the past, and more about presenting culture today”: Stewart Parsons on “Get It Loud in Libraries”
