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Rare books
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I was really interested in the item in this issue's News Section about the incunabulum at the Warren-Turnbull (OH) public library. There must be a number of public libraries across the country which may possess incunabula without realizing it, as apparently happened with Warren-Turnbull. Of course, we all know that public libraries like Boston, New York, Philadelphia and maybe Cleveland are stuffed with them, for the same reason that Warren-Turnbull got one - someone gave them to the library,...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research
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DIVIDENDS: THE VALUE OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN CANADA.
Australasian Public Libraries and Information Services
; ... and Hamel, Louise Report of the substance abuse information needs survey Toronto, Addiction Research Foundation 1994 Southam News Literacy in Canada: a research report Toronto, Creative Research Groups 1987 Speer, Tibbett L Libraries from A to Z American ...
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Reading the future: a review of public libraries in England.
Australasian Public Libraries and Information Services
; Reviewed by F A (Ali) Sharr formerly Deputy City Librarian of Manchester and State Librarian of Western Australia Reading the future: a review of public libraries in England Issued by the Department for National Heritage, Libraries Division, 2-4 Cockspur Street, London SWIY SDH [1997] The foreword
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21st century strikes again--this time public libraries.(Public Libraries in the 21st Century: Defining Services and Debating the Future)(Book review)
The Australian Library Journal
; Public Libraries in the 21st Century: Defining Services and Debating the Future. By Anne Goulding. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 2006. 387 pp. price not reported hard cover ISBN 13:9780754642862 Where do libraries fit in the 21st century? This is the question making the rounds in different
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U.S. and Australian Public Libraries and the Internet: Connectivity Issues and Policy Implications.(Internet/Web/Online Service Information)
Journal of Global Information Management
; This paper presents findings from two separate public library Internet connectivity surveys conducted in the United States and Victoria, Australia. The primary survey goals were to assess U.S. and Victoria public library involvement with and use of the Internet. The surveys found considerable
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American public libraries: a long transformative moment.
Daedalus
; One Sunday morning, as I read the Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine, I came across an article entitled Beyond 2000 - The Jobs of the Past, the Jobs of the Future, (1) and between sips of coffee and a few twinges of paranoia, I learned once again that my job as a librarian was on the way out. Why
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Fifth Australian Public Libraries Conference November 2001 Program.(Brief Article)
Australasian Public Libraries and Information Services
; Fifth Australian Public Libraries Conference November 2001 Program Day One Chris Batt Public libraries and the information society: brand leader or lost cause? David Spokes The web organisation Adie Scott Planning and standards in English public libraries Jane McKellar SWOT yourself Greg Cook
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Essential connections: school and public libraries for lifelong learning.
Australasian Public Libraries and Information Services
; ... returned to us we have many students who use the local library * I have a library notice board with one of its main sections News from other libraries * When working in the public library sector I championed school libraries--now that I'm back in schools ...
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Book reviews.(Public Libraries in the 21st Century: Defining Services and Debating the Future; In Planning Public Library Buildings: Concepts and Issues for the Librarian)(Book review)
Australasian Public Libraries and Information Services
; Two recent books on public libraries published by Ashgate in the UK complement each other well. Their orientation is British, but the issues they cover arc universal as arc the responses they propose. At 60 [pounds sterling] each, they are not cheap but there are modest profits to be made from
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Senate inquiry into the role of libraries in the online environment: submission from public libraries Australia.
The Australian Library Journal
; Introduction THIS SUBMISSION REPRESENTS THE VIEWS OF A NEWLY FORMED ORGANISATION KNOWN AS Public Libraries Australia. Formed to aggregate the political, service and infrastructure capacity of Australia's 1510 (ABS June 2000) public libraries, Public Libraries Australia will support and represent
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Public libraries and egovernment.(online government service to public libraries)
Australasian Public Libraries and Information Services
; ... information society 2005 europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/ news/2005/feb/eincllocal_en.pdf accessed 13 January 2006 (5) United ... based survey on electronic public services 2005 www.capgemini.com/news/ 2005/Online_availability_of_public_services_5th_mea surement ...
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