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Author | : Christine Pawley |
Publisher | : University of Wisconsin Pres |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2013-09-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0299293238 |
Download Libraries and the Reading Public in Twentieth-Century America Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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 standard forms of print: informational genres such as newspapers, pamphlets, textbooks, and other reference books, and literary genres including poetry, plays, and novels. Public libraries continue to have an extraordinary impact; in the early twenty-first century, the American Library Association reports that there are more public library branches than McDonald's restaurants in the United States. Much has been written about libraries from professional and managerial points of view, but less so from the perspectives of those most intimately involved—patrons and librarians. Drawing on circulation records, patron reviews, and other archived materials, Libraries and the Reading Public in Twentieth-Century America underscores the evolving roles that libraries have played in the lives of American readers. Each essay in this collection examines a historical circumstance related to reading in libraries. The essays are organized in sections on methods of researching the history of reading in libraries; immigrants and localities; censorship issues; and the role of libraries in providing access to alternative, nonmainstream publications. The volume shows public libraries as living spaces where individuals and groups with diverse backgrounds, needs, and desires encountered and used a great variety of texts, images, and other media throughout the twentieth century.
Author | : American Library Association |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1926 |
Genre | : Academic libraries |
ISBN | : |
Download A Survey of Libraries in the United States: Public libraries. pt. II. College and university libraries Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Columbia University. School of Library Service |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : Libraries |
ISBN | : |
Download Libraries in New York City Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : William Isaac Fletcher |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1894 |
Genre | : Library science |
ISBN | : |
Download Public Libraries in America Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : New York State Library |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 38 |
Release | : 1908 |
Genre | : |
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Download Public Libraries Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Samuel Swett Green |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 1913 |
Genre | : Librarians |
ISBN | : |
Download The Public Library Movement in the United States 1853-1893 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Robert S. Freeman |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2003-01-27 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780786413591 |
Download Libraries to the People Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
With today’s technology, anyone anywhere can access public library materials without leaving home or office—one simply logs on to the library’s website to be exposed to a wealth of information. But one of the concerns that arises is the lack of access for groups isolated by socioeconomic, geographical, or cultural factors. This problem is not a new one. For almost two centuries, public libraries and other organizations have been trying to bring library services to isolated populations. This book is a collection of fourteen essays examining the contributions of librarians, educators, and organizations in the United States who have endeavored to bring library services to groups that previously did not have access. There are three sections: Benevolent and Commercial Organizations, Government Supported Programs, and Innovative Outreach Services. The essays discuss reading materials for two centuries of rural Louisianians, shipboard libraries for the American Navy and merchant Marine, library outreach to prisoners, the Indiana Township Library Program, tribal libraries in the lower forty-eight states, open-air libraries, electronic outreach, and the use of radio in promoting the Municipal Reference Library of the City of New York, to name just a few of the essay topics.
Author | : Ross Harvey |
Publisher | : London : Bowker-Saur |
Total Pages | : 512 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
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Download Preservation in Libraries Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Providing a single point of access to the pert knowledge, theories & experience throughout the library & information science world, this international selection of writings was chosen for its power to amplify & illustrate preservation policy. Readings range from fire recovery at the USSR Library of the Academy of Sciences to preservation education in U.S. library schools, & reveal how preventative aspects of preservation can be integrated into daily management. (TOPICS IN LIBRARY & INFORMATION STUDIES)
Author | : Susan Orlean |
Publisher | : Simon & Schuster |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2019-10-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1476740194 |
Download The Library Book Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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 love letter to a beloved institution and an investigation into one of its greatest mysteries. “Everybody who loves books should check out The Library Book” (The Washington Post). On the morning of April 28, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. The fire was disastrous: it reached two thousand degrees and burned for more than seven hours. By the time it was extinguished, it had consumed four hundred thousand books and damaged seven hundred thousand more. Investigators descended on the scene, but more than thirty years later, the mystery remains: Did someone purposefully set fire to the library—and if so, who? Weaving her lifelong love of books and reading into an investigation of the fire, award-winning New Yorker reporter and New York Times bestselling author Susan Orlean delivers a “delightful…reflection on the past, present, and future of libraries in America” (New York magazine) that manages to tell the broader story of libraries and librarians in a way that has never been done before. In the “exquisitely written, consistently entertaining” (The New York Times) The Library Book, Orlean chronicles the LAPL fire and its aftermath to showcase the larger, crucial role that libraries play in our lives; delves into the evolution of libraries; brings each department of the library to vivid life; studies arson and attempts to burn a copy of a book herself; and reexamines the case of Harry Peak, the blond-haired actor long suspected of setting fire to the LAPL more than thirty years ago. “A book lover’s dream…an ambitiously researched, elegantly written book that serves as a portal into a place of history, drama, culture, and stories” (Star Tribune, Minneapolis), Susan Orlean’s thrilling journey through the stacks reveals how these beloved institutions provide much more than just books—and why they remain an essential part of the heart, mind, and soul of our country.
Author | : Ernestine Rose |
Publisher | : New York : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1954 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
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Download The Public Library in American Life Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Looks at the problems with public appreciation and lack of support for public libraries. Also looks at newer directions for libraries as a place for scholarship.