A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- PART I: THE PUBLIC LIBRARY'S HONORABLE PAST -- 1. WHAT IS THE PUBLIC LIBRARY? -- 2. BACKGROUND AND TRADITION -- 3. THE LIBRARY MOVES OUTSIDE ITS WALLS -- 4. THE LIBRARY IN THE COMMUNITY -- 5. FUNDAMENTALS OF PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICE -- PART II: THE PUBLIC LIBRARY TODAY -- 6. A CIVIC INSTITUTION -- 7. THE LIBRARY'S BUSINESS -- 8. PROFESSIONAL LIBRARIANSHIP -- 9. A SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER -- 10. YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE LIBRARY -- 11. THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND CONTINUING EDUCATION -- 12. THE PUBLIC LIBRARY IN ACTION -- 13. ACHIEVEMENTS AND FAILURES -- PART III THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF TOMORROW -- 14. FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- 15. EXPANSION -- 16. THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND SCHOLARSHIP -- 17. A PEOPLE'S UNIVERSITY -- 18. PROFESSORS OF BOOKS -- 19. NEW TOOLS AND MODES -- 20. BOOKS AND PEOPLE -- 21. LEADERSHIP -- APPENDIX A -- APPENDIX B -- APPENDIX C -- INDEX
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
Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- PART I: THE PUBLIC LIBRARY'S HONORABLE PAST -- 1. WHAT IS THE PUBLIC LIBRARY? -- 2. BACKGROUND AND TRADITION -- 3. THE LIBRARY MOVES OUTSIDE ITS WALLS -- 4. THE LIBRARY IN THE COMMUNITY -- 5. FUNDAMENTALS OF PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICE -- PART II: THE PUBLIC LIBRARY TODAY -- 6. A CIVIC INSTITUTION -- 7. THE LIBRARY'S BUSINESS -- 8. PROFESSIONAL LIBRARIANSHIP -- 9. A SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER -- 10. YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE LIBRARY -- 11. THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND CONTINUING EDUCATION -- 12. THE PUBLIC LIBRARY IN ACTION -- 13. ACHIEVEMENTS AND FAILURES -- PART III THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF TOMORROW -- 14. FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- 15. EXPANSION -- 16. THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND SCHOLARSHIP -- 17. A PEOPLE'S UNIVERSITY -- 18. PROFESSORS OF BOOKS -- 19. NEW TOOLS AND MODES -- 20. BOOKS AND PEOPLE -- 21. LEADERSHIP -- APPENDIX A -- APPENDIX B -- APPENDIX C -- INDEX
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
The Public Library in American Life
Rose, Ernestine (author)
1954
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