- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- The Field Guide Online
-
1 Librarianship—Full Stop -
2 They Named the Building after Us -
3 The Mission of Librarians -
4 Knowledge Creation -
5 Facilitation -
6 Participatory Systems -
7 Improve Society -
8 Librarians -
9 Pragmatic Utopians -
10 What Is a Library? -
11 Saving Money and the World -
12 A Platform for Knowledge Development -
13 Fitting Knowledge in a Box -
14 Academic Libraries -
15 School Libraries -
16 Public Libraries -
17 Engines of Advancement -
18 Coda - Excursus: From Mission to Missionary
- Facilitating New Librarianship Learning
- Observations from the Field
- FAQs (Frequently Argued Questions)
- Discussion Points
- Additional Reading
- Index
Public Libraries
Public Libraries
- Chapter:
- (p.145) 16 Public Libraries
- Source:
- The New Librarianship Field Guide
- Author(s):
R. David Lankes
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
The core of this chapter can be summarized as “The Community is the Collection” and discusses the role and activities of public libraries in communities. Community reference is outlined. The bulk of the chapter discusses the perils of public libraries that seek to be all things to all people and how librarians react to a retreating public support system.
Keywords: public library, government, community, reference
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- The Field Guide Online
-
1 Librarianship—Full Stop -
2 They Named the Building after Us -
3 The Mission of Librarians -
4 Knowledge Creation -
5 Facilitation -
6 Participatory Systems -
7 Improve Society -
8 Librarians -
9 Pragmatic Utopians -
10 What Is a Library? -
11 Saving Money and the World -
12 A Platform for Knowledge Development -
13 Fitting Knowledge in a Box -
14 Academic Libraries -
15 School Libraries -
16 Public Libraries -
17 Engines of Advancement -
18 Coda - Excursus: From Mission to Missionary
- Facilitating New Librarianship Learning
- Observations from the Field
- FAQs (Frequently Argued Questions)
- Discussion Points
- Additional Reading
- Index