Public libraries and resilient cities

Public libraries and resilient cities

by Dudley, Michael, (Michael Q.)

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Public libraries are keystone public institutions for any thriving community, and can be leaders in making cities better places to work, play, and live. Noted urban planner and librarian Dudley shows how public libraries can contribute to placemaking, or the creation and nurturing of vital and unique communities for their residents.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Public libraries and resilient cities / edited by Michael Dudley.

Summary

Public libraries are keystone public institutions for any thriving community, and can be leaders in making cities better places to work, play, and live. Noted urban planner and librarian Dudley shows how public libraries can contribute to placemaking, or the creation and nurturing of vital and unique communities for their residents.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2013.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:xvi, 175 pages : : illustrations ; : 28 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780838911365, 0838911366, 0838996124, 9780838996126, 0838996132, 9780838996133, 0838996140, 9780838996140
  • oclc:ocn796081877
  • LC Classification:Z716.2
  • Dewey Decimal:021.2

Table of Contents

The library and the city / Michael Dudley -- Exploring public library contributions to urban resiliency / Dr. Glen Holt -- Finding room for everyone : libraries confront social exclusion / Jennifer Hoyer -- Baltimore's equalizer : lessons in social equity from the Enoch Pratt Free Library / Vanessa N. Francis -- Queens Library's Literacy Zone Welcome Center at Long Island City / Deborah Olley Murphy and Denise Clark -- From outreach to community development : making socially sustainable choices at Winnipeg Public Library / Monique Woroniak -- Summer foods, libraries, and resiliency : creative problem solving and community partnerships in Massachusetts / Melissa S. Rauseo and Julie Biando Edwards -- Public library gardens : playing a role in ecologically sustainable communities / Mary Wilkins Jordan -- Partners for the future : public libraries and local governments creating sustainable communities / Urban Libraries Council -- A "people's palace" : public libraries and placemaking / Maija Berndtson -- In the wake of Hurricane Ike : the Houston Public Library responds / Meller Langford and Roosevelt Weeks with Dr. Rhea Brown Lawson -- Public libraries, peak oil, and climate change /…

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Subjects

Bibliothèques et agglomérations urbaines Bibliothèques et agglomérations urbaine… Libraries and metropolitan areas Libraries and metropolitan areas -- Uni… United States

Writers

Dudley, Michael, (Michael Q.)

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