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Kitchens, James A. – 1974
Designed to meet total community needs in a new way, the Olney project, a merger of a public and school library, points the way to single unified community libraries. The new community-wide institution has merged the book collections and the functions of both without jeopardizing the clientele service of either. The Olney Venture was based on the…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Information Services, Community Programs, Library Cooperation
Download full textKentucky State Dept. of Libraries, Frankfort. – 1966
Guidelines presented for public librarians to follow in their attempts to reach the rural disadvantaged youth are designed (1) to aid the youth in discerning and setting attainable goals, (2) to stimulate the naturally intelligent youth to use library facilities in furthering his education, and (3) to nurture general awareness and to enlarge the…
Descriptors: Bookmobiles, Community Programs, Developmental Reading, Disadvantaged Youth
Kitchens, James A. – 1981
Both a description of the development of the community library in Olney, Texas, and an evaluation of its services are provided in this report on the merger of the town's three school libraries and one public library. The four libraries, which were all small, inadequate, underbudgeted, and understaffed, were run as a single unit from 1974 until…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Information Services, Community Programs, Library Cooperation
Kitchens, James A. – 1980
From 1974 to 1979, the town of Olney, Texas, operated a single library which combined the functions, but not the collections, of their elementary, junior, and senior high schools, and public libraries. In June of 1979, they dedicated a new building which merged the collections of these libraries. Data for this evaluation and assessment of the…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Information Services, Community Programs, Library Cooperation
Kitchens, James A. – 1980
The dedication in June 1979 of a newly constructed library facility in Olney, Texas, brought together the collections of the school and public libraries, which had been administered as a single unit with one board, library coordinator, and budget, since 1974. A study conducted to evaluate the coordinated library which existed from 1974 to 1979…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Information Services, Community Programs, Learning Resources Centers
Jaffe, Lawrence; Tassia, Margaret – 1992
The Biglerville Community Library Project was a cooperative effort between the Upper Adams School District and the Adams County Public Library (Pennsylvania). Its goal was to create a library service program for the underserved residents of the Biglerville community. The objectives of the program were: (1) to continue to strengthen the on-going…
Descriptors: Community Education, Community Information Services, Community Programs, Community Services
