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Table of Contents: “…All things to all people : the public library and its multiple identities -- A new chapter : the third wave of library design -- The downtown library, urban sprawl, and the information age -- Form for function : the architecture of new libraries -- Reinventing the public square : libraries and nonmedia programming -- Open stacks : negotiating space for media -- Away from the desk : new modes of librarianship -- Conclusion.…”

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Table of Contents: “…The Enlightenment: a brief introduction -- Academic libraries and the philosophical Enlightenment -- Public libraries and the political Enlightenment -- Universal libraries : dream and reality.…”
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Table of Contents: “…The basics -- Shelf by shelf : 000, 100, 200 -- Shelf by shelf : 300s -- Shelf by shelf : 400s and 500s -- Shelf by shelf : 600s -- Shelf by shelf : 700s -- Shelf by shelf : 800s and fiction -- Shelf by shelf : 900s and biography -- Other areas of the collection -- Special considerations for youth collections -- Weeding gone wrong -- The importance of a collection development plan -- Appendix: Annotated sample collection development plans: Public: Morton Grove Public Library, IL; Public: La Grange Public Library, IL; Public: Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield, MA; Public: Memorial Hall Library, Andover, MA; Public: Glen Ellyn Public Library, IL; Public: Seattle Public Library, WA; Academic: Columbia University, NY; Academic: Emmanuel d'Alzon Library, Assumption College, Worcester, MA; School media center: Baltimore County Public Schools, Baltimore, MD.…”

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Subjects: “…Public libraries -- Administration -- Political aspects -- United States.…”

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Subjects: “…Public libraries -- Law and legislation -- United States.…”
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Subjects: “…Libraries -- Special collections -- Sacramento Public Library.…”
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Subjects: “…Adult services in public libraries -- United States.…”

Subjects: “…Public libraries -- Censorship -- United States.…”
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Table of Contents: “…From Vertical Files to the Web -- 3. Public Library Participation in Community Networking -- 4. …”

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Table of Contents: “…Where We Came From: The Tradition of Public Library Service to Children --…”

Table of Contents: “…Packing the power : Houston Public Library's power card challenge --…”

Table of Contents: “…Worcester Public Library, Collection Management Plan -- pt. 3. Partial Library Policies. …”

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Table of Contents: “…Ideology and the deprofessionalization of the reference function -- Reading and reference work -- The importance of being current : how reading newspapers and magazines affects the work of academic reference librarians -- Developing a "reader's mind" : how reading nonfiction and fiction affects the work of academic reference librarians -- You can lead librarians to knowledge, but you can't make them think : factors affecting how and how much academic librarians read -- Being a jack-of-all-trades : how staying current affects the work of public library reference staff members -- Meeting the expectations of professors : the need for academic librarians to read and think as if they were researchers -- Reading as a species of intellectual capital.…”

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Table of Contents: “…Literacy and the public library --…”

Table of Contents: “…The Case for Nonfiction -- A history of readers' advisory service in the public library / Bill Crowley -- Beyond boundaries / Kathleen de la Pena McCook -- Part II. …”

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Table of Contents: “…The employment crisis hits the public library -- An operations manual for getting started -- How-tos for providing hands-on help -- Resources and reference : think beyond the bookshelves -- Partnerships : you'll never work alone -- Best practices : what libraries are doing right.…”
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“…1798 Irish Rebellion Collection (Boston Public Library)…”
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Table of Contents: “…The urgent need to tell the library story more effectively -- Outcomes : an approach that shows the value of libraries -- The "How Libraries and Librarians Help" outcome model : applying contextual approaches to outcome evaluation -- Step one, getting started : preparing to conduct an outcomes study -- Step two, collecting data for outcomes : approaches and tools -- Step three, analyzing outcomes data -- Step four, maximizing the results of your outcomes study -- Predicting outcomes : outcome measures as a planning tool / Rhea Joyce Rubin -- Ripples of impact : Washtenaw Literacy Program outcomes / Maria Serapiglia and Sarah Wooden -- Empowering youth : outcomes of public libraries' youth technology -- Strengthening community : outcomes of community information services -- Putting the pieces together : an outcome study of the Ypsilanti District Library's Senior Deposit Collection Program / Dana Walker and Jeanie Fisher.…”
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Table of Contents: “…The urgent need to tell the library story more effectively -- Outcomes : an approach that shows the value of libraries -- The "How Libraries and Librarians Help" outcome model : applying contextual approaches to outcome evaluation -- Step one, getting started : preparing to conduct an outcomes study -- Step two, collecting data for outcomes : approaches and tools -- Step three, analyzing outcomes data -- Step four, maximizing the results of your outcomes study -- Predicting outcomes : outcome measures as a planning tool / Rhea Joyce Rubin -- Ripples of impact : Washtenaw Literacy Program outcomes / Maria Serapiglia and Sarah Wooden -- Empowering youth : outcomes of public libraries' youth technology -- Strengthening community : outcomes of community information services -- Putting the pieces together : an outcome study of the Ypsilanti District Library's Senior Deposit Collection Program / Dana Walker and Jeanie Fisher.…”

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Table of Contents: “…Hugh Jackson Library's collections: outsourcing document delivery and tables of contents services at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business Library -- pt. 2. Public libraries -- Opening-day collections and current acquisitions: outsourcing item record creation and physical processing for the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Public Library System -- From selection to shelf: outsourcing book selection, copy cataloging and physical processing at Fort Worth Public Library -- Outsourcing three technical services operations: physical processing, copy cataloging, and authority control at Houston Public Library -- pt. 3. …”

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“…Social Science Research Council. Public Library Inquiry…”

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