History And Development Of The Governors Conference On Public Library Service

Author : North Carolina Library Association
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266053279
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (532 download)

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Download or read book North Carolina Governor's Conference on Library and Information Services written by North Carolina Library Association and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from North Carolina Governor's Conference on Library and Information Services: Conference Report; October 19-21, 1978; Raleigh Civic Center Those most concerned with this explosion, whether they require access to the information or are charged with its management, have watched as the whole ln formation universe has expanded piecemeal, with no overall conception of how best to develop library and information services. It is with the hope of grasping the totality of the field that the Governor's and White House Conferences were called. Before looking at the situation at present however, it might prove beneficial to sketch briefly North Carolina's library history. Our library legacy dates from 1701 when the Reverend Thomas Brey sent a collection of books from England to St. Thomas Parish, Bath County. Later in the century and well into the 1800's libraries developed in three areas: the first was private and semiprivate or parish libraries, the second was around the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the many academies throughout the State, and the third at the center of State Government. While often referred to as the public library, the governmental State Library (established in 1812) really served primarily State Government and the Legislature even though it contained not only governmental but literary, biographical, historical, and scientific material as well. The modern era of library development can be traced to the turn of the century. In 1901, for exam ple, the first appropriation was made for books in the public schools. That was the same year that the venerable Louis R. Wilson was appointed Head Librarian at Chapel Hill, and only four years earlier the first tax-supported public library was established at Durham. In 1930, school library development was spurred by the appointment of Mary Peacock Douglas as the State's first Advisor of School Libraries. In addition to library development in the academic, school, and public sectors, special libraries were created to serve North Carolina's industries. Also, special libraries evolved to assist in research, government, and the professions. The last important library sector to develop followed the establishment of the community college and technical institute system in 1963. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.