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Papers prepared at this Institute addressed: (1) library service organization at the local level; (2) role of the state, and (3) state and federal aid to libraries. [33] Joeckel with Amy Winslow developed the National Plan for Public Library Service which [ 34 ] provided a framework for library development after World War II.
American titles include Public Libraries in the United States of America, Their History, Condition, and Management (1876), [11] Memorial History of Boston (1881) by Justin Winsor, Public Libraries in America (1894) by William I. Fletcher, and History of the New York Public Library (1923) by Henry M. Lydenberg. [12]
Human rights is a professional ethic that informs the practice of librarianship. [8] The American Library Association (ALA), the profession's voice in the U.S., defines the core values of librarianship as information access, confidentiality/privacy, democracy, diversity, education and lifelong learning, intellectual freedom, preservation, the public good, professionalism, service and social ...
A federal court recently said the Internet Archive is not protected by fair use doctrine.
The national network of Little Free Libraries — tiny cupboards perched outside homes holding free books — is partnering with Banned Books Week, PEN America and the American Library Association ...
The culmination of centuries of advances in the printing press, moveable type, paper, ink, publishing, and distribution, combined with an ever-growing information-oriented middle class, increased commercial activity and consumption, new radical ideas, massive population growth and higher literacy rates forged the public library into the form that it is today.
Libraries offered 3.75 million public programs in 2010, the equivalent of one free program per day in every public library in America. [5] Mirroring an increase in overall library usage, attendance at library programs increased by 22 percent between 2004 and 2008. [67] Most public libraries offer classes, literacy programs and storytimes for ...
For instance, every semester, Wheeler gives her students, who are training to become teachers themselves, a sample essay from a 3rd grader. It’s written in African-American Vernacular English—better known as “Ebonics”—and includes phrases like “mama Jeep run out of gas” and “she walk yesterday.”