The roles of reference librarians are constantly changing. Today, it's not unusual for librarians to also serve as trend trackers, data analysts, project managers, It troubleshooters, marketers, and staffing specialists. Academic and public libraries across the country are exper…
"Wayne A. and Shirley A. Wiegand tell the comprehensive story of the integration of southern public libraries. As in other efforts to integrate civic institutions in the 1950s and 1960s, the determination of local activists won the battle against segregation in libraries. In par…
L'autodafé symbolique a commencé. La nuit tombe sur l'esprit. Une fournaise barbare s'élève dans le pâle horizon de la culture. Le papier brûle. Les livres brûlent. Nos livres. Nos bibliothèques, emportées par la Vague numérique. Sur leurs ruines, on construit des <<troisièmes l…
Despite dire predictions in the late twentieth century that public libraries would not survive the turn of the millennium, their numbers have only increased. Two of three Americans frequent a public library at least once a year, and nearly that many are registered borrowers. Alt…
"Despite dire predictions in the late twentieth century that public libraries would not survive the turn of the millennium, their numbers have only increased. Two of three Americans frequent a public library at least once a year, and nearly that many are registered borrowers. Al…
"Despite dire predictions in the late twentieth century that public libraries would not survive the turn of the millennium, their numbers have only increased. Two of three Americans frequent a public library at least once a year, and nearly that many are registered borrowers. Al…
"Despite dire predictions in the late twentieth century that public libraries would not survive the turn of the millennium, their numbers have only increased. Two of three Americans frequent a public library at least once a year, and nearly that many are registered borrowers. Al…
In Civic Space/Cyberspace Redmond Kathleen Molz and Phyllis Dain assess the current condition and direction of the American public library. They consider the challenges and opportunities presented by new electronic technologies, changing public policy, fiscal realities, and cult…
In Civic Space/Cyberspace Redmond Kathleen Molz and Phyllis Dain assess the current condition and direction of the American public library. They consider the challenges and opportunities presented by new electronic technologies, changing public policy, fiscal realities, and cult…
Offers over fifty ideas to promote young adult reading, including such theme programs as crime scene investigation, poetry workshops, readings combined with field trips, and cross-cultural events featuring henna tattooing and food.
The long journey to libraries of light -- Modernisation and modernism : the post-war public library and the revolution in its built form -- Style, siting and space -- Flagship libraries : intersections of style, siting, space and light -- Holborn Central Library : Scandinavia "l…
For the first hundred years or so of their history, public libraries in Britain were built in an array of revivalist architectural styles. This backward-looking tradition was decisively broken in the 1960s as many new libraries were erected up and down the country. 0In this new …
