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Public Libraries Going Green
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Miller, Kathryn – ALA Editions, 2010
Going green is now a national issue, and patrons expect their library to respond in the same way many corporations have. Libraries are going green with logos on their Web sites, programs for the public, and a host of other initiatives. This is the first book to focus strictly on the library's role in going green, helping you with: (1) Collection…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Library Services, Conservation (Environment), Recycling
Local Studies: A Reaction to the Global Village [and] North Sydney Residents Discover "A Sense of Place" [and] SA State Library Goes Local [and] Stakeholders Discuss Future of Digital Objects [and] The Global Reach of Local Collections [and] Local Interest Re-animates Local History [and] A Country Collection.
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Partridge, Jan; Dalling, Cheryl; Ho, Elizabeth; Allery, Linda; Hays, Sally – inCite, 1998
Several brief articles examine how library and information workers in Australia, along with community historians, are meeting the challenge of finding, cataloging, preserving, and communicating local history to their clients and the world beyond. Describes cooperative initiatives by state, local, and regional libraries; discusses how technology…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Study, Computer Mediated Communication, Cooperative Planning
The Importance of California Public Libraries in Increasing Public Access to the Internet: Findings from the InFoPeople Site Visits. Stage II Final Report.
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Bertot, John Carlo; McClure, Charles R.; Ryan, Joe – 1999
In less than five years, the California State Library-sponsored InFoPeople project connected 46% of California's public libraries to the Internet and established a highly regarded, sustained training program to assist librarians in taking advantage of the new networked resources and services. The primary objective of this Stage II report was to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Community Involvement, Cooperative Programs, Information Technology
The State of Censorship.
Wirth, Eileen – American Libraries, 1996
The Public Library Association's 1995 survey reported that while public librarians overwhelmingly support intellectual freedom, not all of them are absolutists. Librarians do take community censorship requests seriously and engage in practical self-censorship. Other topics include censorship demographics, the role of the library board, and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Censorship, Community Involvement, Community Relations
Minority Access to Information Technology: Lessons Learned. Occasional Paper No. 67. Latino Studies Series.
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Pachon, Harry P.; Macias, Elsa E.; Bagasao, Paula Y. – 2000
The Digital Steppingstones (DSS) project is a 3-year study exploring access to advanced information technologies and related training in low-income and minority communities. The project is also identifying exemplary information technology programs in schools, libraries, and community centers in disadvantaged areas of five large cities. Site…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Centers, Community Education, Community Involvement
Arizona: The State of Telecommunications for the 21st Century. The Proceedings and Findings of the Arizona Telecommunications Issues and Policy Symposium (Phoenix, Arizona, September 29-October 1, 1993).
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O'Dell, Janelle E., Ed. – 1993
The Arizona Educational and Informational Telecommunications Cooperative (AEITC) hosted the Arizona Telecommunications Issues and Policy Symposium in order to provide a forum for telecommunications discussions, planning, and cooperation; bring together Arizona telecommunications leaders from the education, industrial, military, government, and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Business, Community Involvement, Computer Networks