Download or read book Creative Management of Small Public Libraries in the 21st Century written by Carol Smallwood and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creative Management of Small Public Libraries in the 21st Century is an anthology on small public libraries as centers of communities serving populations under 25,000. The book details strategies and methods for providing top-notch customer service while moving beyond customer...

Download or read book Main Street Public Library written by Wayne A. Wiegand and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2011-10-02 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 the public library as a neutral agency that protects democratic ideals by guarding against censorship as it makes information available to people from all walks of life. Among librarians this idea is known as the “library faith.” But is the American public library as democratic as it appears to be? In Main Street Public Library, eminent library historian Wayne Wiegand studies four emblematic small-town libraries in the Midwest from the late nineteenth century through the federal Library Service Act of 1956, and shows that these institutions served a much different purpose than is so often perceived. Rather than acting as neutral institutions that are vital to democracy, the libraries of Sauk Centre, Minnesota; Osage, Iowa; Rhinelander, Wisconsin; and Lexington, Michigan, were actually mediating community literary values and providing a public space for the construction of social harmony. These libraries, and the librarians who ran them, were often just as susceptible to the political and social pressures of their time as any other public institution. By analyzing the collections of all four libraries and revealing what was being read and why certain acquisitions were passed over, Wiegand challenges both traditional perceptions and professional rhetoric about the role of libraries in our small-town communities. While the American public library has become essential to its local community, it is for reasons significantly different than those articulated by the “library faith.”

Download or read book Public Libraries written by and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Small Public Libraries and the Planning Process written by Public Library Association. Small and Medium Sized Libraries Section and published by Chicago : Public Library Association. This book was released on 1981 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Public Libraries in America written by William Isaac Fletcher and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Small Public Library written by John Frantz and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Rural and Small Public Libraries written by Brian Real and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-17 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume begins by defining the challenges that rural and small libraries face before shifting to an analysis of ways that these obstacles can be overcome or mitigated. The authors explore ideas for enhancing community partnerships and outreach by using rural and small public libraries as centers for local cultural heritage activities.

Download or read book The Small Public Library written by Louise Marion Moshier and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Henry Hobson Richardson and the Small Public Library in America written by Kenneth A. Breisch and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of Richardson's small public libraries that places them in the design, cultural, political, and economic contexts of their times.

Download or read book Public Libraries and Their Communities written by Kay Ann Cassell and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2021-05-15 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first public library text to look at the administration of the public library as essentially different from that of other library types. It also emphasizes the crucial nature of advocacy, promotion, and marketing and demonstrates how each public library can identify and meet the needs of its own particular community.

Download or read book Options for Small Public Libraries in Massachusetts written by Nancy M. Bolt and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Administration of the Small Public Library written by Darlene E. Weingand and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revision of Dorothy Sinclair's book takes information that has proved valuable to thousands of librarians for more than a decade and moves it into the 1990s with a watchful eye on the next century. Retaining Sinclair's perspective on the importance of the small public library to its community, much has been added on the effective use of its funds, resources, and personnel.

Download or read book The Small Public Library written by American Library Association. Small Libraries Project and published by Chicago : Small Libraries Project, Library Administration Division, American Library Association. This book was released on 1962 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of pamphlets pertaining to the organization and management of a small public library.

Download or read book Handbook for Small Rural and Emerging Public Libraries written by Anne Gervasi and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1988 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Administration of the Small Public Library written by Dorothy Sinclair and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guidebook for the trained but inexperienced library administrator whose staff includes only one or two professional librarians besides himself.

Download or read book Serving Children in Small Public Libraries written by Diana Young and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Running a Small Library written by John A. Moorman and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can a small library with a few (or even one) staff members and very limited resources be managed successfully? Learn the issues facing all types of small libraries.