Overview

Public librarianship is a constantly changing field, and the direction of its development depends on theoretical and applied research. This book examines many of the research needs in public librarianship and discusses appropriate strategies to meet those needs. The chapters, written by active researchers in the public library field, reflect a variety of issues and opinions. Included are chapters on the evaluation of collections, community awareness of the library as an information source, models for library siting, and communication between librarians and public library educators. Recommendations for further investigations provided by the researchers identify possibilities for increasing knowledge in this field, and a bibliographic essay organizes and summarizes much of the work discussed in the text.

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Author:   Joy M. Greiner
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Volume:   No. 80
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.523kg
ISBN:  

9780313278679

ISBN 10:   0313278679
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   25 May 1994
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgments Introduction Public Library Research: Use and Utility by Connie Van Fleet and Joan C. Durrance ""At Early Candlelight"": Researching Library History on the Yazoo Delta by William E. Buchanan Professional Ideology and Conflict: Reactions to the Public Library Inquiry by Douglas Raber African-Americans and Public Library Collections in the South: A Preliminary Investigation by William D. Boyd Community Awareness of Everyday Sources of Information: Implications for Public Library User Research by Catherine Smith Planning Cooperative Library Services for a Federated Public Library Service by Annabel Stephens Young Adult Services for the Year 2000 by Marilyn L. Shontz and Susan A. Bryson What Patrons Read and Why: The Link Between Personality and Reading by Sharon L. Baker An Investigation of Differences in Public Library Usage Patterns Between Gifted Adults and Members of the General Public by Rita Schoch Foudray Retail Location Theory: Can It Help Solve the Public Library Location Dilemma? by Christine M. Koontz Education for Public Librarians in the Future: An Examination of the Perceptions of Public Library Educators, Public Library Administrators, and State Library Agency Directors by Joy M. Greiner Research Issues in Public Librarianship: A Bibliographic Essay by Joy M. Greiner Index"

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JOY M. GREINER is Director of the School of Library and Information Science at the University of Southern Mississippi. Before becoming an academic, she worked for several years as an administrator in the Jackson, Mississippi, Metropolitan Library System. Her publications have appeared in Library Trends, Public Libraries, Advances in Library Administration and Organization, and other journals.

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