Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
The Big Read
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9781405304054
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Including all top 100 books as voted by the public, this title celebrates the nation's favourite reads. The read behind the reads helps us to discover just why these books are the nation's favourites. It includes everything from author features, to first manuscripts, original artworks, settings, celebrity favourites, fun facts and statistics. It also includes features for each of the nation's top 21 books.
The Big Read
Author: The Big Read
Author: The Big Read
Author: Reading in History
Author: Bonnie GunzenhauserPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317316185
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
A collection of essays that offer a methodological framework for the history of reading. Focusing on a specific historical moment, it gathers statistics about such issues as literacy rates, library subscriptions, publication and sales figures, and print runs to answer questions about what was being read and by whom in a particular place and time.
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2009
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related AgenciesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1244
Book Description
Creative Management of Small Public Libraries in the 21st Century
Author: Carol SmallwoodPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442243570
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
Creative Management of Small Public Libraries in the 21st Century isan anthology on small public libraries as centers of communities serving populations under 25,000 that make up most of the public library systems in the United States. A wide selection of topics was sought from contributors with varied backgrounds reflecting the diversity of small public libraries. The thirty-two chapters are arranged: Staff; Programming; Management; Technology; Networking; Fundraising; User Services and provide tools to lead a local public library with relevant and successful services. This volume shares a common sense approach to providing a small (in staff size or budget) but mighty (in impact and outcome) public library service. The contributors demonstrate that by turning the service delivery team outward to the community with enthusiasm and positive energy, it is possible to achieve significant results. Many chapters summarize best practices that can serve as checklists for the novice library director or as a review for the more seasoned manager working through new responsibilities. Chapters are tactical, focusing on specific issues for managers such as performance evaluations, effective programming, or e-reader services. Time management is crucial in a small or rural public library as well as the challenges associated with managing Friends and volunteers. While most public libraries do not have the resources to satisfy customer expectations for instant gratification, ultra-convenience and state-of-the-art technologies, The authors of this book details strategies and methods for providing top-notch customer service while moving beyond customer service to the creation of meaningful customer relationships. This volume makes an important contribution to the literature by reminding us that public libraries transform communities of every size. In fact, never before has the role of the public library been a more critical thread in the fabric of community life.
Reading as Collective Action
Author: Nicholas Hengen FoxPublisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 160938525X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Reading as Collective Action examines literature's power to reshape our world in very public and very active ways. Whether through readers publicly posting poems of Shakespeare and Amiri Baraka to criticize the Bush administration, forming a community reading program using Grapes of Wrath to organize support during the recent Great Recession, or taking to public transit to talk with strangers about working-class literature, this book challenges dominant academic modes of reading. For adherents of the "civic turn," it suggests how we can create more politically effective forms of service learning and community engagement grounded in commitment to tactical, grassroots actions. -- from back cover.
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations For 2008, Part 4, FY 2008, 110-1 Hearings, *
Author: Reading Beyond the Book
Author: Danielle FullerPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135080372
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
Literary culture has become a form of popular culture over the last fifteen years thanks to the success of televised book clubs, film adaptations, big-box book stores, online bookselling, and face-to-face and online book groups. This volume offers the first critical analysis of mass reading events and the contemporary meanings of reading in the UK, USA, and Canada based on original interviews and surveys with readers and event organizers. The resurgence of book groups has inspired new cultural formations of what the authors call "shared reading." They interrogate the enduring attraction of an old technology for readers, community organizers, and government agencies, exploring the social practices inspired by the sharing of books in public spaces and revealing the complex ideological investments made by readers, cultural workers, institutions, and the mass media in the meanings of reading.