Author: Publisher:
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Public Libraries
Author: Public Libraries
Author: New York State LibraryPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 620
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Libraries and the Reading Public in Twentieth-Century America
Author: Christine PawleyPublisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
ISBN: 0299293238
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
For well over one hundred years, libraries open to the public have played a crucial part in fostering in Americans the skills and habits of reading and writing, by routinely providing access to standard forms of print: informational genres such as newspapers, pamphlets, textbooks, and other reference books, and literary genres including poetry, plays, and novels. Public libraries continue to have an extraordinary impact; in the early twenty-first century, the American Library Association reports that there are more public library branches than McDonald's restaurants in the United States. Much has been written about libraries from professional and managerial points of view, but less so from the perspectives of those most intimately involved—patrons and librarians. Drawing on circulation records, patron reviews, and other archived materials, Libraries and the Reading Public in Twentieth-Century America underscores the evolving roles that libraries have played in the lives of American readers. Each essay in this collection examines a historical circumstance related to reading in libraries. The essays are organized in sections on methods of researching the history of reading in libraries; immigrants and localities; censorship issues; and the role of libraries in providing access to alternative, nonmainstream publications. The volume shows public libraries as living spaces where individuals and groups with diverse backgrounds, needs, and desires encountered and used a great variety of texts, images, and other media throughout the twentieth century.
Public Libraries and Their Communities
Author: Kay Ann CassellPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538112698
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Public Libraries and Their Communities: An Introduction provide an overview of public librarianship today. It covers library organization, policy development, staffing, fiscal organization including funding sources and budgets, the legal framework, relationships with local and state governments, advocacy, services and service development for different age groups and for different groups of users, development of programming and outreach, collection development, promotion and marketing, and current issues and trends. In addition to context and concepts, the book uses many examples from both large and small public libraries to bring principles to life. Examples include real library policies, case studies, strategic planning, organization charts and library budgets. Many think that public libraries are not complicated to run.This book aims to show that public libraries are very complicated and require much skill on the part of the director, staff, and Board of Trustees to meet the needs of their local users.Advocacy and marketing have become important parts of the work of public libraries. Funding is always challenging so public libraries must constantly be making the local government and its citizens aware of the public library – its programs, collections, and services. This book's focus is on how public libraries reach beyond the walls of their buildings and touch the lives of their citizens.Meeting community interests and needs is essential for 21st century public libraries. For students the book offers discussion questions at the end of each chapter. These questions also provide discussion starters for public library staff development.
Handbook for Small, Rural, and Emerging Public Libraries
Author: Anne GervasiPublisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Public Libraries in the United States of America
Author: United States. Bureau of EducationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 1238
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Public Libraries
Author: New York (State). Library Extension DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN THE LIFE OF THE NATION
Author: BEATRICE SAWYER ROSSELLPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND THE CITY
Author: Ralph W. ConantPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
The Public Library and the Public Schools
Author: Leonard Porter AyresPublisher:
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Category : Cleveland (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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