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A book list on common mental health conditions in adults was created in 2013. It was followed by a list for people with dementia and their carers in 2015, and the "Reading Well for Young People" list, aimed at the 13–18 age group and including fiction such as The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, in 2016.
The program is designed to help people navigate through what is likely the most challenging time of their life.
The Donnelly Library, a 1,000-square-foot space that became a central hub for the community when it opened about six years ago, made the choice to transition to an “adults-only” library ...
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), established in 1957, is a division of the American Library Association.YALSA is a national association of librarians, library workers and advocates whose mission is to expand the capacity of libraries to better serve teens.
The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled [1] (NLS) is a free library program of braille and audio materials such as books and magazines circulated to eligible borrowers in the United States and American citizens living abroad by postage-free mail and online download. The program is sponsored by the Library of Congress.
A Dementia Care Plan can include recommended treatments and therapies for dementia symptoms and other health conditions, safety recommendations, caregiving support, end-of-life planning, and more ...
Boston Public Library: A Centennial History (Harvard University Press, 1956) Wiegand, Wayne A. Main Street Public Library: Community Places and Reading Spaces in the Rural Heartland, 1876–1956 (University of Iowa Press, 2011) Wiegand, Wayne A. A Part of Our Lives: A History of the American Public Library (Oxford University press, 2015).
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.