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Research Issues in Public Librarianship Trends for the Future
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Joy M. Greiner
Book Code: GHR/
ISBN: 0-313-27867-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-27867-9
248 pages, tables
Greenwood Press
Publication: 5/30/1994
List Price: $112.95 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: 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.
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
LC Card Number: 93-40175
LCC Class: Z731
Dewey Class: 027.473
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