On todays episode of Modern Notion Daily, our guest is Wayne Wiegand, author of Part of Our Lives: A Peoples History of the American Public Library (Oxford University Press, October 2015). Wiegand argues that libraries are about much more than books: theyre a community meeting place. And to answer the question in the headline: theyre not going anywhere. Music this hour: “Kelli’s Number” by U.S. Army Blues, from the album Live at Blues Alley “Soldiertype (militarised)” by Ketsa, from the album What’s Without’s Within“ Forgiven Not Forgotten” by Jahzzar, from the album Kuddelmuddel