Susan Orlean’s bestseller and New York Times Notable Book is “a sheer delight…as rich in insight and as varied as the treasures contained on the shelves in any local library” (USA TODAY)—a dazzling lo
In The Desegregation of Public Libraries in the Jim Crow South, Wayne and Shirley Wiegand use an array of primary sources to tell the comprehensive history of the integration of public libraries in th
Spark kids' interest in their local libraries! ThisA virtual field trip introduces readers to the people, sights, and sounds they'll encounter in a library. Carefully leveled text and big, full color
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 stan
Academic and public libraries are much different today than they were even 15 years ago. And with even bigger changes on the horizon, what lies in store? In this systematic attempt to speak to academ
This book describes a groundbreaking concept that enables public libraries—and librarians—to become indispensible by following a "Three Pillars" educational approach, and by replacing traditional term
"Susan Swetnam uses case studies of western applications for Carnegie libraries to examine how local support was mustered for cultural institutions in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century i
Gunnels, Green, and Butler (all Lone Star College, Tomball and Cypress, Texas) explore the fairly recent concept of "joint libraries"--interlibrary partnerships in which two or more categories of libr
This booklet from the American Library Association provides an overview of the library privatization process, its benefits, and pitfalls for library administrators and stakeholders. The volume is divi
This handbook encompasses multiple facets of public libraries. Sixty-plus topical essays address history, philosophy, problems, and daily operations; biographical entries profile 75 individuals; and f
The United States has more public libraries than it has McDonald’s restaurants.?By any measure, the American public library is a heavily used and ubiquitous institution. Popular thinking identifies th
To earn money for a new children's section for the Dr. Eugene Clark Library in Lockhart, Texas, librarian RoseAleta Laurell spends a week living and working on the library roof, even surviving a dange
In January 1906, Mrs. Florence Cotnam stood before the Little Rock city councilmen and told them in no uncertain terms that "the women of the city are not going to rest until they have secured this p
The public library is the prime community access point designed to respon to a multitude of everchanging information needs. These guidelines are framed to provide assistance to library and information
What does it mean to turn the public library or museum into a civic forum? Made in Newark describes a turbulent industrial city at the dawn of the twentieth century and the ways it inspired the librar
