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The public library / by Dawson, Robert,1950-Photographs.Selections.;
Includes bibliographical references (page 190).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 are more than 17,000 public libraries in America. Over the last eighteen years, photographer Robert Dawson has traveled the nation, documenting hundreds of these institutions, from Alaska to Florida, New England to the West Coast. The Public Library presents a wide selection of Dawson's photographs, revealing a vibrant, essential, yet seriously threatened system. Essays, letters, and poetry by a collection of America's most celebrated writers -- including E. B. White, Isaac Asimov, Anne Lamott, Amy Tan, Charles Simic, Dr. Seuss, and Philip Levine, as well as the voices of dedicated librarians working today -- are woven with photographs of the majestic reading room at the New York Public Library; the one-room Tulare County Free Library built by former slaves, in Allensworth, California; the architectural wonder of Seattle's glass and steel Central Library; and the Berkeley, California tool lending library; among many others. A foreword by Bill Moyers and an afterword by Ann Patchett bookend this important survey of a treasured American institution.
Subjects: Public libraries; Public libraries; Libraries and society; Libraries and community; Library users; PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Architectural & Industrial.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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This book is overdue! : how librarians and cybrarians can save us all / by Johnson, Marilyn,1954-;
Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-272).The frontier -- Information sickness -- On the ground -- The blog people -- Big Brother and the holdout company -- How to change the world -- To the ramparts! -- Follow that tattooed librarian -- Wizards of odd -- Gotham City -- What's worth saving? -- The best day.This book is a romp through the ranks of information professionals and a revelation for readers burned out on the clichés and stereotyping of librarians. Here are bloggers, radicals and visionaries who fuse the tools of the digital age with their love for the written word and the enduring values of free speech, open access, and scout-badge-quality assistance to anyone in need.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Anecdotes.; Libraries and society.; Librarians; Library science.; Libraries and the Internet.; Knowledge management.; Library Services.; Libraries.; Internet.; Social Environment.; Information Management.; Online Systems.; Blogging.; Bibliothekar.; Anekdote.; Gesellschaft.; Social media.;
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Free to all : Carnegie libraries & American culture, 1890-1920 / by Van Slyck, Abigail Ayres.(GaAaGPL)13144739;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-270) and index.
Subjects: Library architecture; Library architecture; Public libraries; Architecture and society; Architecture and society; Carnegie libraries; Carnegie libraries;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Part of our lives : a people's history of the American public library / by Wiegand, Wayne A.,1946-;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-310) and index."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 tell a different story. In Part of Our Lives, Wayne A. Wiegand delves into the heart of why Americans love their libraries. The book traces the history of the public library, featuring records and testimonies from as early as 1850. Rather than analyzing the words of library founders and managers, Wiegand listens to the voices of everyday patrons who cherished libraries. Drawing on newspaper articles, memoirs, and biographies, Part of Our Lives paints a clear and engaging picture of Americans who value libraries not only as civic institutions, but also as social spaces for promoting and maintaining community. Whether as a public space, a place for accessing information, or a home for reading material that helps patrons make sense of the world around them, the public library has a rich history of meaning for millions of Americans. From colonial times through the recent technological revolution, libraries have continuously adapted to better serve the needs of their communities. Wiegand goes on to demonstrate that, although cultural authorities (including some librarians) have often disparaged reading books considered not "serious" the commonplace reading materials users obtained from public libraries have had a transformative effect for many, including people like Ronald Reagan, Sonia Sotomayor, and Oprah Winfrey. A bold challenge to conventional thinking about the American public library, Part of Our Lives is an insightful look into one of America's most beloved cultural institutions"--"Part of Our Lives challenges the conventional idea that public libraries are valuable mostly because they are essential to democracy. Instead, this book uses the voices of generations of public library users to argue that Americans have loved their libraries for the useful information they make accessible; the public spaces they provide; and the commonplace reading materials they supply that help users make sense of the world around them"--Introduction: So much more than information -- "Improv'd the general conversation of Americans": Social libraries before 1854 -- For "plain people": The American public library, 1854-1876 -- "The best reading for the greatest number at the least cost": 1876-1893 -- "The liberty to read what they will and when": The Carnegie era, 1893-1917 -- "Habitations on a literary map": 1917-1929 -- "One island of refuge": The Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945 -- "Winning the battles of daily life": 1945-1964 -- "An individual meaning to each user": 1964-1980 -- "Library paste is a precious part of social glue": 1981-2000 -- Information, reading, and place: 2001-present.
Subjects: History.; Public libraries; Libraries; Public opinion; Library users; Public libraries; Libraries and community; Libraries and society; Books and reading; Bibliothèques publiques; Opinion publique; Usagers des bibliothèques; Bibliothèques publiques; Relations bibliothèque-collectivité; Bibliothèques et société; HISTORY; HISTORY; Books and reading.; Libraries and community.; Libraries and society.; Libraries; Public libraries.; Public libraries; Public opinion.; Öffentliche Bibliothek; Benutzer; Einstellung; Folkbibliotek; Folkbibliotek; Allmänna opinionen; Bibliotek; Bibliotek och samhälle; Böcker och läsning;
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Union catalog of the history and genealogy resources available at the South Georgia Regional Library System's Special Collections, the Valdosta State University Special Collections, and the Lowndes County Historical Society Library / by Hudson, Sue B.; McKenzie, Sharon C.; Davis, Deborah S.,1961-compiler.https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjJJ7RRGhCYxFg34xrmMrq(GaAaGPL)13287308; South Georgia Regional Library System.Special Collections.; Valdosta State University.Archives and Special Collections.(GaAaGPL)13271419; Lowndes County Historical Society (Lowndes County, Ga.).Library.;
Funded by an LSTA Grant through the Georgia Public Library Service.
Subjects: Genealogy.; Genealogy.; South Georgia Regional Library System. Special Collections.; Valdosta State University. Archives and Special Collections.; Lowndes County Historical Society (Lowndes County, Ga.). Library.; Valdosta State University. Archives and Special Collections.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Library and book trade almanac.
Description based on: 54th ed. (2009); title from title page.Latest issue consulted: 64th ed. (2019), ©2019.
Subjects: Directory.; Reference works.; Periodicals.; Reference works.; Libraries; Information science; Library science; Book industries and trade; Bibliographies as Topic.; Book Industry.; Libraries.; Library Associations.; Bibliothèques; Livres; Bibliothéconomie; Book industries and trade.; Information science.; Libraries.; Library science.; Bibliotheekwezen.; Boekwezen.; Libraries; Information science; Library science; Book industries and trade; Bibliography; Book industries and trade; Libraries; Library science;
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Catalogue of the Georgia society, D.A.R. Library : ("the Georgia D.A.R. collection of genealogical and historical records") in the Georgia Department of Archives and History / by Daughters of the American Revolution.Georgia State Society.(GaAaGPL)12779200; Bryan, Mary Givens.(GaAaGPL)12827443; Talmadge, Harry,Mrs.(GaAaGPL)12895083;
Subjects: Genealogy.; Genealogy.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The Fifth Avenue story society : a novel / by Hauck, Rachel,1960-author.(GaAaGPL)13038639;
"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Wedding Dress comes a captivating new novel about the healing power of story, community, and love"--
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Christian fiction.; Christian fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Fiction.; Religious fiction.; Christian fiction.; Love stories.; Domestic fiction.; Religious fiction.; Romance fiction.; Storytelling; Friendship; Literature; Friendship.; Literature; Storytelling.; Storytelling; Literature; Libraries; Children and strangers; Friendship;
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The starless sea / by Morgenstern, Erin,author.authttps://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJpjdgbvQK8Q3TKrxRgkDq;
"Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont when he discovers a rare book hidden in the stacks. As he turns the pages, entranced by tales of lovelorn prisoners, key collectors, and nameless acolytes, he reads something strange: a story from his own childhood. Bewildered by this inexplicable book and desperate to make sense of how his own life came to be recorded, Zachary uncovers a series of clues -- a bee, a key, and a sword -- that lead him to a masquerade party in New York, to a secret club, and through a doorway to a subterranean library, hidden far below the surface of the earth. What Zachary finds in this curious place is more than just a buried home for books and their guardians--it is a place of lost cities and seas of honey, lovers who pass notes under doors and across time, and of stories whispered by the dead. Zachary learns of those who have sacrificed much to protect this realm, relinquishing their sight and their tongues to preserve this archive, and also those who are intent on its destruction. Together with Mirabel, a fierce, pink-haired protector of the place, and Dorian, a beautiful barefoot man with shifting alliances, Zachary travels the twisting tunnels, darkened stairwells, crowded ballrooms, and sweetly-soaked shores of this magical world, discovering his purpose -- in both the rare book and in his own life"--
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Fictional Work; Sea fiction; Romance fiction; Novels; Fantasy fiction; Fiction; Fantasy fiction.; Fantasy fiction.; Sea fiction.; Romance fiction.; Novels.; Fiction.; Romans.; Libraries; Storytelling; Secret societies; Books; Libraries; Bibliothèques; Art de conter; Sociétés secrètes; Livres; FICTION; FICTION; FICTION; Storytelling; Secret societies; Libraries; Books; Library shelving; Man-woman relationships; Seas; Libraries; Books and reading; Rare books; Secret societies; Subterranean civilization; Graduate students; Man-woman relationship;
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2002 National Awards for Museum and Library Service / by Institute of Museum and Library Services (U.S.)(GaAaGPL)13154284;
Subjects: National Awards for Museum and Library Service.; Libraries; Museums;
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