The American Public Library and the Problem of Purpose
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The problem of purpose in the title is the 130-year debate within the library community over the proper place for the library in society. Chapters discuss roles for public libraries from the founding of the Boston Public Library with its clear educational purpose through attempts at rational planning for library roles in the 1980s. The controversy about the place of popular fiction in American libraries in the late 19th century; the militant outreach...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0313255903
ISBN13:9780313255908
Release Date:November 1988
Publisher:Praeger
Length:144 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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