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Author : United States. Office of Education
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1240 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Libraries
ISBN : UVA:X000536980
Author : United States. Office of Education
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Libraries
ISBN : UOMDLP:afa0408:0001.001
Author : United States. Bureau of Education
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1238 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Libraries
ISBN : UIUC:30112048460049
Author : United States. Bureau of Education
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1187 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1051738795
Author : Thomas Augst,Kenneth E. Carpenter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X030273500
Tracing the evolution of the library as a modern institution from the late eighteenth century to the digital era, this book explores the diverse practices by which Americans have shared reading matter for instruction, edification, and pleasure. Writing from a rich variety of perspectives, the contributors raise important questions about the material forms and social shapes of American culture. What is a library? How have libraries fostered communities of readers and influenced the practice of reading in particular communities? How did the development of modern libraries alter the boundaries of individual and social experience, and define new kinds of public culture? To what extent have libraries served as commercial enterprises, as centers of power, and as places of empowerment for African Americans, women, and ...
Author : United States. Bureau of Education
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1252 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Libraries
ISBN : UIUC:30112018555463
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:179976536
Author : United States. Bureau of Education
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Public libraries
ISBN : OCLC:77637470
Author : United States. Office of Education
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Cataloging
ISBN : UCAL:C2770704
Author : Warren
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Descriptive cataloging
ISBN : UBBE:UBBE-00050407
Author : Christine Pawley,Louise S. Robbins
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780299293239
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 : United States Office of Education
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : History
ISBN : 1021698873
This report, issued by the United States Office of Education, provides an overview of the history, condition, and management of public libraries in the United States. It covers topics such as library funding, building design, staffing, and collection development. The report includes case studies of successful library systems and recommendations for improving public library service. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Dr Anne Goulding
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781409485575
Public Libraries in the 21st Century presents a comprehensive analysis of the impact of recent policy initiatives directly targeted at public libraries along with broader developments in the public sector environment within which they operate. Key features include: • An exploration of the context within which public libraries are operating and analysis of their role in local and national life; • Examples of best practice in service delivery; • Evaluation of the challenges and opportunities confronting public library managers; • Wide ranging coverage, including information from published and unpublished sources, supplemented by interviews with key stakeholders in the public library sector. The book provides a unique and thorough guide to the contemporary discourses surrounding issues of identity, social purpose, value and strategy facing the public library service.
Author : Wayne A. Wiegand
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 9780190248000
Challenges conventional thinking and top-down definitions, instead drawing on the library user's perspective to argue that the public library's most important function is providing commonplace reading materials and public space. Challenges a professional ethos about public libraries and their responsibilities to fight censorship and defend intellectual freedom. Demonstrates that the American public library has been (with some notable exceptions) a place that welcomed newcomers, accepted diversity, and constructed community since the end of the 19th century. Shows how stories that cultural authorities have traditionally disparaged- i.e. books that are not "serious"- have often been transformative for public library users.
Author : [Anonymus AC07825067]
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1226 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Libraries
ISBN : ONB:+Z255664209