--- title: Libraries Can Be Family Engagement Spaces description: Libraries can be family engagement spaces, here are some ways to make sure the 2016 elections don’t get hacked and more. canonical: https://time.com/4481875/libraries-can-be-family-engagement-spaces/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-07T16:00:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:59:32.284Z article:section: Ideas og:title: Libraries Can Be Family Engagement Spaces og:description: These are today's best ideas og:url: https://time.com/4481875/libraries-can-be-family-engagement-spaces/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Libraries Can Be Family Engagement Spaces twitter:description: These are today's best ideas twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Libraries Can Be Family Engagement Spaces by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Sep 7, 2016 4:00 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Sep 7, 2016 4:00 PM UTC **1\.** [**Beyond bookshelves: Libraries can be family engagement spaces.**](http://www.newamerica.org/family-centered-social-policy/blog/not-just-book-shelves-libraries-key-spaces-family-engagement/) By Lara Burt at New America **2\.** [**Here are some ways to make sure the 2016 elections don’t get hacked.**](http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2016/09/5-steps-make-us-elections-less-hackable/131242/) By Patrick Tucker at Defense One **3\.** [**Few want to invade Syria. But there are still ways to pressure Assad.**](http://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2016/09/syrian-government-assad-sanctions-000198) By Peter Harrell in Politico **4\.** [**Our parents discovered leisure. We killed it.**](https://timeline.com/hobby-career-b5d199b0df18#.a5ttvdvcf) By Stephanie Buck in Timeline **5\.** [**All our reusable tote bags aren’t actually saving the planet. Here’s why.**](http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/09/to-tote-or-note-to-tote/498557/) By Noah Dillon in the Atlantic  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4481875/libraries-can-be-family-engagement-spaces/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4481875/libraries-can-be-family-engagement-spaces/"},"headline":"Libraries Can Be Family Engagement Spaces","datePublished":"2016-09-07T16:00:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:59:32.284Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4481875/libraries-can-be-family-engagement-spaces/","keywords":["Innovation","2016 Election topic","Environment","Syria","productivity","Library"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4481875/libraries-can-be-family-engagement-spaces/","name":"Libraries Can Be Family Engagement Spaces"}}]}] ```