Author: Samuel Swett Green
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction in libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 40

Get Book Here

Book Description

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 374

Get Book Here

Book Description

Author: State Library of Massachusetts
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1430

Get Book Here

Book Description

Author: Johns Hopkins University. Peabody Institute. Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dictionary catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 856

Get Book Here

Book Description

Author: Juris Dilevko
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786429259
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 259

Get Book Here

Book Description
Beginning in the early 1980s, readers' advisory services were a widely discussed topic in North American public libraries. By 2005, almost every public library in the United States and Canada offered some form of readers' advisory service. The services offered have changed significantly, in ways perhaps disadvantageous to adult North American library patrons. This book provides a critical history of readers' advisory philosophy and offers a new perspective on the evolution of the service. The book analyzes the debate that shaped readers' advisory and discusses how the service has assumed its present form. The study follows readers' advisory through its three prominent stages of development, beginning with the period 1870 to 1916, when the service was still a subject of much crucial debate about its meaning and purpose. During the second phase (1917 to 1962), readers' advisory systematically committed itself to meaningful adult education through serious and purposeful reading. The book argues, however, that during the most recent phase of readers' advisory, from 1963 until the present, contemporary public libraries have turned their backs on the rich heritage of readers' advisory services by valorizing the reading of entertainment-oriented and commodified genre titles and bestsellers. Historical analysis, case studies and statistical charts augment the book's central argument.

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 644

Get Book Here

Book Description

Author: Guy A. Marco
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1591589118
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 562

Get Book Here

Book Description
A detailed reference work that documents every aspect of the American public library experience through topical entries, statistics, biographies, and profiles. The American Public Library Handbook is the first reference work to focus on all aspects of the American public library experience, providing a topical perspective through comprehensive essays and biographical information on important public librarians. Based upon the author's own notes and extensive experience, as well as library periodicals, library reference books, monographs, textbooks, Internet sources, and correspondence with individual libraries, this book comprises nearly 1,000 entries addressing all aspects of public library service. Each topical essay considers terminology of the area covered, its historical context, and current concerns and issues. Biographies highlight the philosophical perspective of the individuals covered, while entries on specific libraries present timely data and interesting facts about each facility. This unique handbook also offers up-to-date statistics, historical highlights, and information about programs and events of individual libraries.

Author: United States. Bureau of Education
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 1244

Get Book Here

Book Description

Author: American Library Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library science
Languages : en
Pages : 334

Get Book Here

Book Description

Author: American Library Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library science
Languages : en
Pages : 340

Get Book Here

Book Description