Ebook: Part of our lives : a people's history of the American public library
Author: Wiegand Wayne A
- Tags: Public libraries -- United States -- History. Libraries -- United States -- Public opinion -- History. Public opinion -- United States -- History. Library users -- United States -- Attitudes -- History. Public libraries -- Social aspects -- United States -- History. Libraries and community -- United States -- History. Libraries and society -- United States -- History.
- Year: 2015
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Language: English
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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 maintainingRead more...
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Part of Our Lives challenges the conventional idea that public libraries are valuable mostly because they are essential to democracy. Read more...
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