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Book Synopsis Part of Our Lives by : Wayne A. Wiegand
Download or read book Part of Our Lives written by Wayne A. Wiegand and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The Public Library written by and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2014-05-27 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gorgeous visual celebration of America's public libraries including 150 photos, plus essays by Bill Moyers, Ann Patchett, Anne Lamott, Amy Tan, Barbara Kingsolver, and many more. Many of us have vivid recollections of childhood visits to a public library: the unmistakable musty scent, the excitement of checking out a stack of newly discovered books. Today, the more than 17,000 libraries in America also function as de facto community centers offering free access to the internet, job-hunting assistance, or a warm place to take shelter. And yet, across the country, cities large and small are closing public libraries or curtailing their hours of operation. Over the last eighteen years, photographer Robert Dawson has crisscrossed the country documenting hundreds of these endangered institutions. The Public Library presents a wide selection of Dawson's photographs— from the majestic reading room at the New York Public Library to Allensworth, California's one-room Tulare County Free Library built by former slaves. Accompanying Dawson's revealing photographs are essays, letters, and poetry by some of America's most celebrated writers. A foreword by Bill Moyers and an afterword by Ann Patchett bookend this important survey of a treasured American institution.
Download or read book The Library Book written by Susan Orlean and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Public Library Statistics by : United States. Office of Education
Download or read book Public Library Statistics written by United States. Office of Education and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Report of the Librarian of Congress by : Library of Congress
Download or read book Report of the Librarian of Congress written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Public Libraries in the U.S. written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis American Library History by : Donald G. Davis
Download or read book American Library History written by Donald G. Davis and published by Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 1989 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Academic Library Statistics by : Association of Research Libraries
Download or read book Academic Library Statistics written by Association of Research Libraries and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Public Library Structure and Organization in the United States by : Stephen Owens
Download or read book Public Library Structure and Organization in the United States written by Stephen Owens and published by U.S. Government Printing Office. This book was released on 1996 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is the fifth in a series that constitutes a comprehensive evaluation of the public library statistics program carried out annually by the Federal State Cooperative System for Public Library Data (FSCS). The evaluation aims to revise and promote the FSCS classification structure that divides library organizations into municipal, school district, county, regional, and many other categories. This report, in particular, provides reference information about the legal structure and organization of public libraries within the 50 states and the District of Columbia. After giving an overview of the FSCS categories and difficulties arising from a lack of standardized application, the report proceeds alphabetically state by state listing what categories of libraries can lawfully be established in that state and discussing any special circumstances. (BEW)
Book Synopsis Public Libraries in the United States of America by : United States. Bureau of Education
Download or read book Public Libraries in the United States of America written by United States. Bureau of Education and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 1238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office by : United States. Patent and Trademark Office
Download or read book Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office written by United States. Patent and Trademark Office and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 1404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Public Library Movement in the United States by : Joseph Le Roy Harrison
Download or read book The Public Library Movement in the United States written by Joseph Le Roy Harrison and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office by :
Download or read book Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 1418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Report of the Public Library Commission of Indiana by : Public Library Commission of Indiana
Download or read book Report of the Public Library Commission of Indiana written by Public Library Commission of Indiana and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The United States Department of Commerce Publications, Catalog and Index Supplement by : United States. Department of Commerce
Download or read book The United States Department of Commerce Publications, Catalog and Index Supplement written by United States. Department of Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Index of Patents Issued from the United States Patent and Trademark Office by :
Download or read book Index of Patents Issued from the United States Patent and Trademark Office written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Index of Patents Issued from the United States Patent Office by : United States. Patent Office
Download or read book Index of Patents Issued from the United States Patent Office written by United States. Patent Office and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: pt. 1. List of patentees.--pt. 2. Index to subjects of inventions.
