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Author: Gina Sheridan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2014-07-31
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 1440576246
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom a patron's missing wetsuit to the scent of crab cakes wafting through the stacks, Sheridan showcases the oddities that have come across her circulation desk: encounters with local eccentrics; bizarre reference requests; and heart-warming stories of patrons who roam the stacks every day.
Author: Cindy Mediavilla
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780810851863
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book was compiled and edited by a librarian who was instrumental in getting funding from a Library Services and Technology Act grant to carry out an internship program in public libraries. The grant allowed the MCLS consortium of public libraries in the Los Angeles area to place library school students in paid internships in MCLS member libraries.
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Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 2014-05-27
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 1616893273
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA gorgeous visual celebration of America's public libraries including 150 photos, plus essays by Bill Moyers, Ann Patchett, Anne Lamott, Amy Tan, Barbara Kingsolver, and many more. Many of us have vivid recollections of childhood visits to a public library: the unmistakable musty scent, the excitement of checking out a stack of newly discovered books. Today, the more than 17,000 libraries in America also function as de facto community centers offering free access to the internet, job-hunting assistance, or a warm place to take shelter. And yet, across the country, cities large and small are closing public libraries or curtailing their hours of operation. Over the last eighteen years, photographer Robert Dawson has crisscrossed the country documenting hundreds of these endangered institutions. The Public Library presents a wide selection of Dawson's photographs— from the majestic reading room at the New York Public Library to Allensworth, California's one-room Tulare County Free Library built by former slaves. Accompanying Dawson's revealing photographs are essays, letters, and poetry by some of America's most celebrated writers. A foreword by Bill Moyers and an afterword by Ann Patchett bookend this important survey of a treasured American institution.
Author: Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
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Published: 1901
Total Pages: 946
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Scranton Public Library
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Published: 1903
Total Pages: 444
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Published: 1858
Total Pages: 104
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Patrick Lo
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2017-09-25
Total Pages: 378
ISBN-13: 3110533340
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGeneral directors who have all made their marks in the field of librarianship report from a variety of perspectives, including economic, social, educational, cultural developmental, and political. This information could increase the understanding of the managerial decisions, and other factors that affect the decisions and determine the library’s overall policy and operations.
Author: R. Thomas Hille
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-12-07
Total Pages: 952
ISBN-13: 0429831412
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe New Public Library is an in-depth design study of an exemplary collection of recent public libraries, and the historical precedents that have informed and inspired their development. An introductory overview presents seven critical themes that characterize public library design, past and present, highlighting the expressive architectural potential of this unique and important building type. A survey of over 40 historically significant libraries traces the development of the building type over time, with a primary focus on precedents from the US and northern Europe, where the modern public library originated, and its design has been most comprehensively developed. A selection of nearly 50 contemporary projects from the past 30 years focuses on the most current developments in public library design, with a diverse and varied collection of work by over 35 regional, national, and international design firms. Highly visual in its presentation, the study includes 885 color photographs and illustrations, and 195 scale drawings.
Author: Carl Gustav Johannsen
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780810850392
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPulls together research results from Scandinavian public library researchers on current public library issues, including how public libraries are facing and dealing with the various professional challenges of modern society. Contributors tackle topics as wide ranging as the challenges of serving a multi-cultural society, new library media and services, internet services and new trends in library management. This collection of articles also includes library history works focusing on the relationship between public library ideas and practices in the USA and the Scandinavian countries.
Author: Malden Public Library (Mass.)
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Published: 1906
Total Pages: 476
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