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Carr, Melissa Eleftherion – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2013
With the Poetry Center at San Francisco State University, the author has begun to build an open-access digital repository for poetry chapbooks. The repository is essentially a chapbook exchange: a place for poets to share their current works. Users are invited to share their chapbooks via upload and as such gain access to the chapbook repository.…
Descriptors: Library Services, Public Libraries, Poetry, Electronic Libraries
Littleton, Dawn – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to describe the methods--including practices, policies, and roles--used by public and academic library staff in a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Racial and Ethnic Approach to Community Health (REACH) intervention that proved successful in reducing or eliminating several diabetes-related health…
Descriptors: African Americans, Low Income Groups, Health Programs, Intervention
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Schwager, Tim – Australian Library Journal, 1998
Reflects on the potency of libraries as community assets during the past 2000 years. Traces the preservation of knowledge in ancient libraries. Addresses ecclesiastical library development and the relatively recent rise of public and academic libraries; identifies their connections with their communities, and the relevance for today. Describes…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Community Information Services, Community Involvement, Community Relations