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Americans tend to imagine their public libraries as time-honored advocates of equitable access to information for all. Through much of the twentieth century, however, many black Americans were denied access to public libraries or allowed admittance only to separate and smaller buildings and collections. While scholars have examined and continue to uncover the history of school segregation, there has been much less research published on the segregation...
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"Many of us have vivid recollections of childhood visits to the public library: the unmistakable, slightly musty scent, the excitement of checking out a stack of newly-discovered books. Today's libraries also function as de facto community centers, and offer free access to the Internet, job-hunting assistance, or a warm place to take shelter along with the endless possibilities that spark your imagination the moment you open the cover of a book. There...
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"A history of public libraries in New York City before the founding of the New York Public Library. Most of these libraries were accessible through a membership or an annual subscription. Explores the private and public purposes of public libraries before the advent of tax-supported public libraries"--
"This lively, nuanced history of New York City's early public libraries traces their evolution within the political, social, and cultural worlds that...
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An act of civil disobedience turns into a standoff with police when homeless people in Cincinnati take over the public library to seek shelter from the bitter cold.
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This is a guidebook for helping the people who govern, administer, and staff the public libraries of Illinois to develop and maintain high quality library services in their commuinities. The 1997 edition has been updated by accompanying additions pages: Chapter IV, "Collection Management, " has two new sections: "Electronic resources, workstations" and "AV materials." Core standard 20 has been revised; Core standard 30 and two additional supplemental...
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An invitation from a prestigious liberal arts college to buy their mystery-novel collection comes as a welcome surprise for Raymond Ambler, crime-fiction curator at New York City's prestigious 42nd Street Library. But his pleasure quickly turns sour when the collection's curator - Ambler's friend Sam Abernathy - tells him he plans to fight the acquisition tooth and nail. Why would Abernathy kill - and was it for his collection, for college politics,...
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"Despite dire predictions in the late twentieth century that public libraries would not survive the turn of the millennium, their numbers have only increased. Two of three Americans frequent a public library at least once a year, and nearly that many are registered borrowers. Although library authorities have argued that the public library functions primarily as a civic institution necessary for maintaining democracy, generations of library patrons...
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"At the Mallville Public Library they've seen it all. Like Naked Ned, who takes Freedom of Expression to new lengths. Or Merv, who does everything in the library but read. Or Buddy the Book Beaver, ex-con tree surgeon turned summer reading program mascot. Or the missing books that keep showing up on eBay. Or the amorous teenagers who won't take it outside. In all this chaos and insanity, who ya gonna call? Why, a librarian of course. But please -...
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Steven Universe volume 2
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Steven Universe is ready to take on the world ... after he finishes organizing his dad's storage shed. Join Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl and Steven as they make the world a better place! Between destroying the homeworld clocktower and joining Connie to save the local library, Steven has his hands full with keeping his friends safe and having fun.
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