Author: Hawthorne DanielPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Public Libraries for Everyone; the Growth and Development of Library Services in the United States
Author: Hawthorne DanielPublic Libraries for Everyone
Author: Hawthorne DanielPublisher: Garden City : Doubleday
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Public Libraries for Everyone
Author: Hawthorne DanielNot Free, Not for All
Author: Cheryl KnottPublisher: UMass + ORM
ISBN: 1613764332
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Americans tend to imagine their public libraries as time-honored advocates of equitable access to information for all. Through much of the twentieth century, however, many black Americans were denied access to public libraries or allowed admittance only to separate and smaller buildings and collections. While scholars have examined and continue to uncover the history of school segregation, there has been much less research published on the segregation of public libraries in the Jim Crow South. In fact, much of the writing on public library history has failed to note these racial exclusions. In Not Free, Not for All, Cheryl Knott traces the establishment, growth, and eventual demise of separate public libraries for African Americans in the South, disrupting the popular image of the American public library as historically welcoming readers from all walks of life. Using institutional records, contemporaneous newspaper and magazine articles, and other primary sources together with scholarly work in the fields of print culture and civil rights history, Knott reconstructs a complex story involving both animosity and cooperation among whites and blacks who valued what libraries had to offer. African American library advocates, staff, and users emerge as the creators of their own separate collections and services with both symbolic and material importance, even as they worked toward dismantling those very institutions during the era of desegregation.
Public Library Services for the Poor
Author: Leslie Edmonds HoltPublisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 0838910505
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
For many poor people, the library is their only resource for information, literacy, entertainment, language skills, employment help, free computer use, and even safety and shelter. Get concrete advice about programs and support for this group.
The Collection All Around
Author: Jeffrey T. DavisPublisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 0838915817
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Public libraries' mission, skills, and position in their communities make them ideal facilitators of public access to local resources. In other words, the collection is all around, and libraries can help citizens discover historical, cultural, and natural riches that they might otherwise overlook.
Public Libraries
Author: Public Libraries in the 21st Century
Author: Anne GouldingPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317073592
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
Public Libraries in the 21st Century presents a comprehensive analysis of the impact of recent policy initiatives directly targeted at public libraries along with broader developments in the public sector environment within which they operate. Key features include: ¢ An exploration of the context within which public libraries are operating and analysis of their role in local and national life; ¢ Examples of best practice in service delivery; ¢ Evaluation of the challenges and opportunities confronting public library managers; ¢ Wide ranging coverage, including information from published and unpublished sources, supplemented by interviews with key stakeholders in the public library sector. The book provides a unique and thorough guide to the contemporary discourses surrounding issues of identity, social purpose, value and strategy facing the public library service.
How Public Libraries Build Sustainable Communities in the 21st Century
Author: Kaurri C. Williams-CockfieldPublisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1803824379
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Public libraries, through their mission, vision, and position in the community, play a significant part in building community sustainability and are already positioned to serve as a “backbone support organization” for collective impact initiatives.
Descriptive List of the Libraries of California
Author: California State LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Details on the state library and city public libraries; society, college, and private libraries; finding lists; librarians and library employees, and the state printing office.