Author: Gina Sheridan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1440576246
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
From a patron's missing wetsuit to the scent of crab cakes wafting through the stacks, Sheridan showcases the oddities that have come across her circulation desk: encounters with local eccentrics; bizarre reference requests; and heart-warming stories of patrons who roam the stacks every day.
I Work At A Public Library
Author: Gina Sheridan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1440576246
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
From a patron's missing wetsuit to the scent of crab cakes wafting through the stacks, Sheridan showcases the oddities that have come across her circulation desk: encounters with local eccentrics; bizarre reference requests; and heart-warming stories of patrons who roam the stacks every day.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1440576246
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
From a patron's missing wetsuit to the scent of crab cakes wafting through the stacks, Sheridan showcases the oddities that have come across her circulation desk: encounters with local eccentrics; bizarre reference requests; and heart-warming stories of patrons who roam the stacks every day.
The Public Library
Author:
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1616893273
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1616893273
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
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.
Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Public Library of Cincinnati, Ohio
Author: Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 946
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 946
Book Description
Index Catalog of the Scranton Public Library Authors and Subjects, June 30, 1902
Author: Scranton Public Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Documents and Proceedings connected with the Donation of a Free Public Library and Museum, by William Brown, Esq., M.P., to the Town of Liverpool. [The editor's introduction signed: A. H., i.e. Abraham Hume.]
Author: A. H.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
World ́s Leading National, Public, Monastery and Royal Library Directors
Author: Patrick Lo
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110533340
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
General directors who have all made their marks in the field of librarianship report from a variety of perspectives, including economic, social, educational, cultural developmental, and political. This information could increase the understanding of the managerial decisions, and other factors that affect the decisions and determine the library’s overall policy and operations.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110533340
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
General directors who have all made their marks in the field of librarianship report from a variety of perspectives, including economic, social, educational, cultural developmental, and political. This information could increase the understanding of the managerial decisions, and other factors that affect the decisions and determine the library’s overall policy and operations.
Emergent Appropriations for Certain Federal Activities
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 896
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 896
Book Description
The New Public Library
Author: R. Thomas Hille
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429831412
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 952
Book Description
The New Public Library is an in-depth design study of an exemplary collection of recent public libraries, and the historical precedents that have informed and inspired their development. An introductory overview presents seven critical themes that characterize public library design, past and present, highlighting the expressive architectural potential of this unique and important building type. A survey of over 40 historically significant libraries traces the development of the building type over time, with a primary focus on precedents from the US and northern Europe, where the modern public library originated, and its design has been most comprehensively developed. A selection of nearly 50 contemporary projects from the past 30 years focuses on the most current developments in public library design, with a diverse and varied collection of work by over 35 regional, national, and international design firms. Highly visual in its presentation, the study includes 885 color photographs and illustrations, and 195 scale drawings.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429831412
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 952
Book Description
The New Public Library is an in-depth design study of an exemplary collection of recent public libraries, and the historical precedents that have informed and inspired their development. An introductory overview presents seven critical themes that characterize public library design, past and present, highlighting the expressive architectural potential of this unique and important building type. A survey of over 40 historically significant libraries traces the development of the building type over time, with a primary focus on precedents from the US and northern Europe, where the modern public library originated, and its design has been most comprehensively developed. A selection of nearly 50 contemporary projects from the past 30 years focuses on the most current developments in public library design, with a diverse and varied collection of work by over 35 regional, national, and international design firms. Highly visual in its presentation, the study includes 885 color photographs and illustrations, and 195 scale drawings.
New Frontiers in Public Library Research
Author: Carl Gustav Johannsen
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810850392
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Pulls together research results from Scandinavian public library researchers on current public library issues, including how public libraries are facing and dealing with the various professional challenges of modern society. Contributors tackle topics as wide ranging as the challenges of serving a multi-cultural society, new library media and services, internet services and new trends in library management. This collection of articles also includes library history works focusing on the relationship between public library ideas and practices in the USA and the Scandinavian countries.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810850392
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Pulls together research results from Scandinavian public library researchers on current public library issues, including how public libraries are facing and dealing with the various professional challenges of modern society. Contributors tackle topics as wide ranging as the challenges of serving a multi-cultural society, new library media and services, internet services and new trends in library management. This collection of articles also includes library history works focusing on the relationship between public library ideas and practices in the USA and the Scandinavian countries.
Annual Report of the Malden Public Library
Author: Malden Public Library (Mass.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description