Ebook: The Public Library: A Photographic Essay
Author: Bibliothèque Municipale Mülhausen, University of South Alabama, Moyers Bill D., Dawson Robert, Patchett Ann
- Tags: Bibliotek och samhälle, Bibliotheksbau, Folkbibliotek, Libraries and community--United States, Libraries and society--United States, Library users--United States, PHOTOGRAPHY--Subjects & Themes--Architectural & Industrial, Public libraries--United States, Public libraries, Libraries and community, Libraries and society, Library users, Illustrated works, Pictorial works, Public libraries -- United States -- Pictorial works, Public libraries -- United States, Libraries and society -- United States, Libraries and
- Year: 2014
- Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
- City: United States
- Edition: First edition
- Language: English
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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 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"--
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