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Witt, Steven – Library Quarterly, 2013
Amid growing isolationism after World War I, the American Library Association transferred its wartime programs to train librarians in Europe and promote the American model of public libraries. Working in collaboration with American philanthropists and members of the French library community, ALA established a permanent library school in Paris that…
Descriptors: Library Services, Public Libraries, Foreign Countries, Professional Associations
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Jaeger, Paul T.; Thompson, Kim M.; Lazar, Jonathan – Library Quarterly, 2012
The impacts of the Internet on library services and information usage since the advent of the World Wide Web have been significant, changing patron expectations for libraries, the ways in which libraries can reach patrons, the amount of information available, the job requirements of librarians, and the roles that libraries can play in their…
Descriptors: Library Research, Public Libraries, Internet, Library Services
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Wiegand, Wayne A. – Library Quarterly, 2011
This essay challenges traditional assumptions about the small-town American public library and the roles it has played in its community. Conventional thinking and professional rhetoric grounded on a "user in the life of the library" perspective identifies the public library as a neutral agency "essential to democracy" that…
Descriptors: Democracy, Municipalities, Public Libraries, Females
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Gracy, David B., II – Library Quarterly, 2011
Presented as the keynote address at the Library Research Seminar, University of Maryland, October 7, 2010, this essay identifies and explores three agendas ever appropriate for study, the pursuits of which are especially needed now. They are as follows: to (1) explore the historical dimension of library topics, (2) revive study of the institution…
Descriptors: Library Research, Government Libraries, Public Libraries, Librarians
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Jones, Plummer Alston, Jr. – Library Quarterly, 2012
Jane Maud Campbell's career demonstrated her commitment and passion for library services with immigrants and minorities as one of the first advocates for multiculturalism in librarianship. She began her career working in the Newark Public Library and soon was employed as the librarian of the Passaic Public Library. She was the first woman employed…
Descriptors: African American Community, Cultural Pluralism, Government Libraries, Public Libraries
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Buchanan, Steven; Gibb, Forbes; Simmons, Susan; McMenemy, David – Library Quarterly, 2012
Collaboration in the digital domain offers an opportunity to provide enhanced digital services and extended reach to the community. This article adopts a service-oriented perspective through which it considers environmental drivers for digital library collaboration; discusses emergent collaborative partnerships across UK educational institutions,…
Descriptors: Health Services, Architecture, Schools, Cooperation
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Nicholson, Scott – Library Quarterly, 2013
Games and other forms of play are used in today's libraries to attract underserved patrons, to introduce patrons to other library resources and services, and to facilitate engagement between library patrons. While many perceive gaming as a new library service, gaming services have been part of librarianship since the nineteenth century through…
Descriptors: Games, Toys, Puzzles, Library Services
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Moore, Sarah J. – Library Quarterly, 2010
It is not surprising that the Library of Congress would be defined as our national monument of art given the scale of the project, its federal sponsorship, and its posture as a public library with access to all Americans. Paralleling the assumption of the Library of Congress as not merely a building for housing books but a ritualistic center of…
Descriptors: Western Civilization, Social Action, Public Libraries, Masculinity
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Latham, Joyce M. – Library Quarterly, 2010
During the early twentieth century, Alvin Johnson and William S. Learned produced two separate but related studies relative to the donations of the Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY) to public library construction. These reports became means for the planned disassociation of the philanthropic organization from its historical relationship with…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Public Libraries, Professional Associations, Corporations
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Jaeger, Paul T.; Bertot, John Carlo; Gorham, Ursula – Library Quarterly, 2013
Public libraries are heavily affected by political and policy-making processes that shape the funding, activities, and roles of libraries in society, with the explosion of information policy decisions in the past two decades significantly increasing the responsibilities of libraries while also increasing limitations on their activities. Research…
Descriptors: Information Policy, Public Libraries, Information Science, Information Science Education
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Arns, Jennifer – Library Quarterly, 2007
Although single-purpose boards and commissions have been used to provide public goods and services since the colonial era, little scholarly attention has been given to the leadership characteristics and behaviors required of their members. As a result, appointing officials and those considering appointment have had little systematic guidance…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Leadership, Governance, Conflict
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Pierce, Jennifer Burek – Library Quarterly, 2007
This article traces historical uses of the phrase "why girls go wrong" to provide a context for analysis of Progressive Era reading guidance for girls and then turns to actual girls' responses to reading. The historic context depicts the milieu in which young women and the advisors who sought to guide them lived and read as a time of intense…
Descriptors: Females, Public Libraries, Sexuality, Adolescents
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Gerhardt, Lillian N. – Library Quarterly, 1981
Evaluates the Prince George's County Memorial Public Library's approach to providing access to its services for children, and examines policies, regulations, practices, and conditions that affect such access. Six references are cited. (FM)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Children, Library Services, Policy
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Joyce, Donald Franklin; Dodson, Howard – Library Quarterly, 1988
Presents histories and descriptions of two major public library collections of Afro-Americana and Africana: the Vivian G. Harsh Collection of Afro-American History and Literature (Chicago Public Library); and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (New York Public Library). Fifteen references are listed. (Author/MES)
Descriptors: African Culture, Black Culture, Black History, Library Collections
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McMullen, Haynes – Library Quarterly, 1985
Examines development of social libraries (formed by associations for member use) in New England and rest of United States before 1850, and social and public library growth between 1850 and 1900. Opinions of contemporaries and seven aspects of American life indicating reluctance to abandon social library are highlighted. (27 references) (EJS)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, History, Professional Associations, Public Libraries
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