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Progressive Architecture, 1976
A citation from the 23rd P/A Awards Program for the design of a public library to be built of an industrialized panel system. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Awards, Building Design, Construction Materials, Public Libraries
Dain, Phyllis – Library Journal, 1975
Discusses the history of the American public library and suggests directions for research. (PF)
Descriptors: Historiography, History, Librarians, Library Services
Moore, Ray Nicholas – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1975
Outlines the career of the first Afro-American to receive a scholarship at the School of Library Service, Columbia University. (PF)
Descriptors: Biographies, Black Community, Blacks, Librarians
Wright, Christopher – American Libraries, 1975
Describes the history and current operations of a library serving the American community in France. (PF)
Descriptors: American Culture, Libraries, Library Collections, Public Libraries
Peer reviewedEastlick, John T. – Library Trends, 1974
The sources of funding for metropolitan libraries are described, their inadequacies are discussed, and possible solutions are suggested. Data on per capita expenditures by public libraries in some 90 cities are included. (PF)
Descriptors: Financial Problems, Libraries, Metropolitan Areas, Public Libraries
Roda, J. C. – UNESCO Bulletin for Libraries, 1974
Descriptors: College Libraries, History, Public Libraries, Special Libraries
Peer reviewedManley, K. A. – Journal of Librarianship, 1974
A brief history of Stoke Newington and South Hornsey (North London), their literary figures, early volunteer libraries, and the evolution of the Stoke Newington Public Library. (LS)
Descriptors: Financial Support, History, Library Associations, Public Libraries
Welch, Theodore F. – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1974
Describes the new Tokyo library, with its special services, especially for the visually and physically handicapped. (LS)
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Disabilities, Library Services, Public Libraries
Peer reviewedNwamefor, Ralph – International Library Review, 1974
Identifies the specifically Australian needs that have led to the modification of the predominantly British tradition in the establishment of certain types of libraries, such as public libraries. (JB)
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Libraries, Public Libraries, Social Influences
Download full textPennsylvania Library Association, Pittsburgh. – 1977
This handbook was written to provide information, tools, ideas, and procedures useful to experienced and novice trustees of Pennsylvania's public libraries. Topics discussed include: levels of public library service in Pennsylvania; responsibilities of trustees; governance and policy making; state standards; human relations and affirmative action;…
Descriptors: Governance, Governing Boards, Guides, Public Libraries
Peer reviewedKamisar, Hilda; Pollet, Dorothy – Catholic Library World, 1975
Describes the services offered by the national program administered by the Library of Congress Division for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. (Author)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Federal Programs, Library Services, Public Libraries
Ladenson, Alex – Wilson Libr Bull, 1969
Descriptors: Black Community, Disadvantaged, Library Services, Public Libraries
Hiatt, Peter, Ed.; Drennan, Henry, Ed. – 1967
This document describes projects designed to help the public library serve the culturally disadvantaged in general and the functionally illiterate adult specifically. The two major sources of information used were: (1) the panel presentation sponsored by the A.L.A. Public Library Association's Committee on Services to the Functionally Illiterate,…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged, Library Services, Public Libraries
Wakefield, Della – 1976
Requirements are detailed for those who want to obtain nonprofit status and recognition of exemption for their "Friends of the Library" group. Included are (1) a sample constitution, (2) a sample set of bylaws, (3) a sample form for Articles of Incorporation, (4) an application for recognition of exemption, and (5) a proposed budget. (DS)
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Guides, Public Libraries, Voluntary Agencies
Bialac, Verda, Comp. – 1970
These guidelines are designed for use by persons working with the mentally retarded. They very briefly suggest how to deal with the library: discuss what you intend to do with the librarian, what privileges to request for the retarded, and what to do before going to the library. Several suggestions on what to do at the library are given and…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Library Services, Mental Retardation, Public Libraries
