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janichkokov's review against another edition
3.0
A lot of the book explains the concept of low-budget, creative problem solving as applied to cities and attempts to translate it to libraries (partially successfully). I appreciate and embrace the anarchistic "can-do" spirit that this book celebrates, although I wish there were more concrete examples of actual "tactical urbanism" in libraries. It frustrates me to see so much literature devoted to helping libraries "do more with less", and I thought this book would be in this vein. I'm glad that this book doesn't dwell on that - it encourages practitioners to engage stakeholders, leverage budgets, and not to settle for scraps. Instead, use resources at hand to tackle problems head-on while working towards more sustainable long-term goals.
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