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Nasiruddin, Md. – Online Submission, 2013
Each night, around 20,000 people--both adults and children--make the streets of Dhaka (the capital city of Bangladesh) their home. Living amongst the noise, rubbish, and traffic, thousands of families walk down the streets of Dhaka, looking for a safe place to rest for just a few hours each night. Trapped in a vicious cycle of poverty, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Homeless People, Emergency Shelters
Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2009
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is committed to bringing together museums and libraries across the country for conversations dedicated to developing a better understanding of the roles of libraries and museums as providers of public service to communities. The Future of Libraries and Museums in the 21st Century Planning…
Descriptors: Library Role, Museums, Libraries, Library Services
Dowlin, Kenneth E. – Libr J, 1970
Tests the value of establishing a library video reference service via cable television. (MF)
Descriptors: Cable Television, Community Services, Information Retrieval, Information Services

White, Howard D. – Information Processing and Management, 1977
This paper is concerned with the present system of providing information about public services. It discusses desirable features in a delivery system for administrative publicity, establishing a directory of public services, and related indexing. (KP)
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Community Organizations, Community Services, Delivery Systems

Cagle, R. Brantley – Catholic Library World, 1983
Describes strategies used by reference librarians to provide service to the developmentally disabled, including reference service to volunteer and professional service providers, specialized information networks, information and referral services, and key reference tools. Deinstitutionalization, normalization, the developmental model, and least…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Community Services, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Developmental Disabilities

Balkema, John B. – Catholic Library World, 1980
Examines the liaisons and relationships among libraries and the elderly, and those libraries and other community agencies working for the benefit of the elderly. (FM)
Descriptors: Community Services, Libraries, Library Services, Older Adults

Fietzer, William – Against the Grain, 1996
Community networks are electronic information services that enable members of communities to inform one another about current issues. Discusses how community networks operate, what they do, budget constraints and innovation, problems and shortcomings, causes and solutions, and where libraries fit in. Highlights Charlotte's Web, a community network…
Descriptors: Budgets, Case Studies, Community Services, Computer Networks

Harrelson, Larry E. – RQ, 1975
Examines current activity, potential additional services, and major problems in the use of cable television systems by libraries. (PF)
Descriptors: Cable Television, Community Services, Libraries, Library Networks
Bell, Carmine J. – 2002
This paper illustrates how libraries, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions are natural allies in developing and delivering public education and community service programs for lifelong learners of all ages. The paper opens by discussing how Robert S. Martin, Director of the National Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), has…
Descriptors: Community, Community Development, Community Services, Cooperative Programs
Jones, Lonnie L. – 1971
Major considerations for efficient resource use in organizing and providing rural service systems include analysis of the supply and demand conditions for services in a dynamic rural economy, projection of economic factors influencing supply and demand conditions for rural services, and physical planning for rural services to meet efficiently the…
Descriptors: Community Services, Economics, Fire Protection, Hospitals
Thomassen, Cora E., Ed. – 1974
The theme of the nineteenth Allerton Park Institute, held in November, 1973, centered on the implications of cable television for libraries. Nine of the oral presentations were edited for inclusion in this collection. The subjects covered are: the relationship between libraries and cable TV; the possibilities of a community network; franchising…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Community Services, Computers, Conference Reports
Decker, Floyd A.; And Others – 1969
The study, conducted in Dayton, Detroit, El Paso, New York City, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., investigated efforts to create municipal career employment and training opportunities for those who cannot meet traditional entrance requirements. It also examined the impact of programs on municipal services, and ways in which such programs can…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Community Services, Disadvantaged, Employment Qualifications

Weingand, Darlene E. – Library Trends, 1995
To meet the challenges of societal change, technological development, and economic retrenchment, libraries must develop problem-solving strategies such as marketing which can help libraries serve their clients more effectively. Marketing components are presented in the context of a customer orientation. (AEF)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Services, Libraries, Library Administration
Squyres, Linda Lawrence – 1979
Designed for librarians planning community oriented programs, this annotated bibliography critically reviews literature defending the young adult's right to intellectual freedom. Works examined include U.S. English language journal articles and short sections of books published between 1967 and 1979. Within the bibliography and the review, topical…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Adolescents, Annotated Bibliographies, Censorship
Kenney, Brigitte L. – 1974
Librarians are and will be using cable television technologies to enhance and extend their services. While questions remain in regard to the technology itself, the health and viability of the industry, and government policy, librarians are seeing cable communications as an opportunity to gain credibility and visibility, and also as an extension of…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Communications, Cable Television, College Libraries, Community Services
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