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Books on: historical libraries

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American Libraries before 1876

Book by Haynes McMullen; Greenwood Press, 2000

Subjects:

Libraries--United States--History--17th Century, Libraries--United States--History--18th Century, Libraries--United States--History--19th Century

Collections: History, Entire Library

...finest example of historical work about libraries in any particular...New Mexico Historical Review 17 (July...A History of Libraries in New Mexico-Spanish...N. Bowman, Libraries in Provincial California, Historical Society of Southern...
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Exemplary Public Libraries: Lessons in Leadership, Management, and Service

Book by Joy M. Greiner; Libraries Unlimited, 2004

Subjects:

Public Libraries--Great Britain--Case Studies, Public Libraries--United States--Case Studies

Collections: Entire Library

...selection of libraries from a mix of historical backgrounds...Fort Worth libraries. Each profile...mission statement, historical re- view, and...achievements. I chose libraries for the uniqueness of their historical missions and...
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Creating Cyber Libraries: An Instructional Guide for School Library Media Specialists

Book by Kathleen W. Craver; Libraries Unlimited, 2002

Subjects:

Digital Libraries, Libraries--Special Collections--Computer Network Resources

Collections: Education, Entire Library

As prices of traditional library materials increase, and space to house them shrinks, savvy school library media specialists are creating cyber libraries, or school libraries on the Internet. These libraries offer students and their parents 24-hour access and are invaluable for providing up-to-date ...
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As prices of traditional library materials increase, and space to house them shrinks, savvy school library media specialists are creating cyber libraries, or school libraries on the Internet. These libraries offer students and their parents 24-hour access and are invaluable for providing up-to-date information in a way traditional materials cannot. This guide outlines the steps library media specialists can take to create a cyber library, provide content and policies for use, and maintain it for maximum efficiency.
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Brain Friendly School Libraries

Book by Judith Anne Sykes; Libraries Unlimited, 2006

Subjects:

Brain, Information Literacy--Study And Teaching, Learning--Physiological Aspects, Libraries And Education, School Libraries--Aims And Objectives, Teacher-Librarians

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Brain Friendly School Libraries Brain Friendly School Libraries Judith Anne Sykes LIBRARIES U N L I M I T E D A Member of the Greenwood Publishing Group Westport, Connecticut London Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication...
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Grantsmanship for Small Libraries and School Library Media Centers

Book by Sylvia D. Hall-Ellis, Doris Meyer, Frank W. Hoffmann, Ann Jerabek; Libraries Unlimited, 1999

Subjects:

Instructional Materials Centers--United States--Finance, Library Fund Raising--United States, Proposal Writing For Grants--United States, School Library Finance--United States, Small Libraries--United States--Finance

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...2. Proposal writing for grants--United States. 3. Small libraries--United States--Finance. 4. School library finance--United...Rationale for Planning 4 C Readiness for Planning 4 1 Historical Commitment to Planning 5 2 The Reward System for Staff...

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Journal Articles on: historical libraries

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Libraries and Archives

Journal article; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 69, 2003

Subjects:

Historical libraries, Libraries, Southern United States--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

Libraries and Archives...2003, the Maryland Historical Society Library...Charlotte Jewish Historical Society. The...many U.S. academic libraries. The Visiting...University, Virginia Historical Society, Virginia...consortium of the libraries of the thirty-nine...
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Libraries and Archives

Journal article; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 68, 2002

Subjects:

History, Libraries, Southern States--History, Special libraries--Services, Virginia Historical Society

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Charleston County Public Library and at any of the following branch libraries: Dorchester, Mount Pleasant, Saint Andrews, Cooper River...805-6930, or visit the website at www.ccpl.org. The Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, reports the following recently accessioned...
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A Distant Mirror: The Story of Libraries in South Africa

Journal article by Peter Johan Lor; Daedalus, Vol. 125, 1996

Subjects:

Libraries--International aspects, South Africa--Libraries

Collections: Entire Library

...reconceptualize libraries. The roles of libraries in a changing South African society - in serving historically disadvantaged groups, celebrating...sophisticated and unsophisticated libraries and between the historically privileged and disadvantaged...
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Filth, Filtering, and the First Amendment: Ruminations on Public Libraries' Use of Internet Filtering Software

Journal article by Bernard W. Bell; Federal Communications Law Journal, Vol. 53, 2001

Subjects:

Computer files--Access control, Freedom of speech--Analysis, Internet--Laws, regulations, etc., Public libraries--Laws, regulations, etc.

Collections: Entire Library

...traditional library materials in a way that should simply allow librarians to prefer traditional materials. Historically, libraries have been viewed as places that offer material to provide intellectual stimulation and enlightenment, although...
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Problems of Russian Libraries in an Age of Social Change

Journal article by Vladimir Zaitsev; Daedalus, Vol. 125, 1996

Subjects:

Libraries, National--Social aspects, Russia--Libraries

Collections: Entire Library

...grown out of the countrys historical process and was formalized...Germany with two national libraries - the Deutsche Bibliothek...national library. National libraries cannot be established spontaneously...are products of a prolonged historical period, growing along with...

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Magazine Articles on: historical libraries

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Capital of Memory

Magazine article by Helena Smith; New Statesman, Vol. 130, September 3, 2001

Subjects:

Alexandria, Egypt--Historic sites, Bibliotheca Alexandria--Design and construction, Historic sites--Egypt, Historical libraries--Egypt, Libraries--Design and construction

Collections: Entire Library

...aim of becoming a "lighthouse for thought". But in this age of digitalisation and virtual study, when the very need for libraries is being debated, important questions remain. Will the Bibliotheca, imitating its ancient namesake, cater exclusively for...
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Will Libraries Survive

Magazine article by Geoffrey Nunberg; The American Prospect, November 1998

Subjects:

Gates, Bill--Contributions, gifts, etc., Internet--Social aspects, Microsoft Corp.--Contributions, gifts, etc., Public libraries--Social aspects, Social service--Public relations

Collections: Entire Library

...mission. The real disparities here will be in the money that libraries have available to obtain access to digital works and collections...to information suffer from questionable parallels with the historical precedents for universal service, like postal service, rural...
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Memory Palaces: The Revolutionary Function of Libraries

Magazine article by Merlin Donald; Queen's Quarterly, Vol. 108, Winter 2001

Subjects:

Libraries--History, Literacy--History

Collections: Entire Library

...Paganism" be destroyed. It is believed, on the basis of Arabic historical records, that the contents of the library were finally destroyed...ordered by the Islamic Sultan Omar. Early Romans had no libraries. But in 168 BC Rome conquered the Hellenic civilization that...
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Preserving Our Freethought Heritage Redux: The CFI Libraries Keep Growing

Magazine article by Tim Binga; Free Inquiry, Vol. 23, Spring 2003

Subjects:

Special libraries--Collections and collecting

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...used bookstores he frequented. Stein noted that even among libraries that did save freethought materials, none were doing so in...also are preserving freethought by having e-texts of various historical as well as modern freethought works on their Web site. There...
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Civic Locus: From Galleries to Libraries; Do Libraries Contribute More to Civic Life Than Galleries? Trevor Boddy Considers Their Role

Magazine article by Trevor Boddy; The Architectural Review, Vol. 219, June 2006

Subjects:

Art museums--Comparative analysis, Libraries--Comparative analysis

Collections: Entire Library

...downtown Des Moines, Iowa (p56), demonstrates just how far libraries have come to prevail as the civic construction of the moment...legislation. The buildings in this issue are shaped by two historical traditions in library design: the repository and the public...

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Newspaper Articles on: historical libraries

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The Start of a Noisy Chapter for Our Libraries

Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), February 3, 2007

Subjects:

Libraries

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...campaign aimed at changing the traditional image of libraries as quiet, dusty places which stock only historical romances. Visitor numbers to libraries have halved in the past two decades, and this campaign aims to change that. Such a campaign is...
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Sightseers Need Mobile Library or an Historical Fact-Nav

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), May 9, 2007

Subjects:

Libraries

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Sightseers Need Mobile Library or an Historical Fact-Nav. Byline: DR CHRIS UPTON Does anyone make bookshelves for cars ? Ive been looking through the motor magazines and...
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Storytellers to Help Library, Historical Groups

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September 29, 2006

Subjects:

Libraries

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Storytellers to Help Library, Historical Groups. Byline: Jean Murphy Theres...Library Foundation and the Mount Prospect Historical Society will team up to bring renowned...several years of involvement in the historical societys summer cemetery walks. Throughout...
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Libraries without Books? Suburban Librarians Say Not Quite, but Books Are Only One Chapter in Future Libraries' Offerings

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 9, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...reach new patrons. And such libraries, which officials say havent...art collections, digitized historical exhibits and downloadable...covers 12, leaders say. Many libraries are teaming with historical societies to digitize archives...
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Libraries Make Sure There's a Place for Art

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), May 9, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...answer is "probably," because there is a growing trend for libraries to offer display space both for art on the wall and for objects...local individuals or organizations such as the Des Plaines Historical Society are sometimes invited to prepare special displays...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: historical libraries

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Draper, Lyman Copeland

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Historical Society at Madison, of which he was secretary and librarian (1854 86); there he built up one of the notable historical libraries of the country. He founded and edited the first 10 volumes of the societys Collections and wrote Kings Mountain...
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Evans, Luther Harris

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...science at several universities, he became director of the Historical Records Survey under the Work Projects Administration (1935...Director of International and Legal Collections, Columbia Univ. Libraries, from 1962 to 1967. ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia...
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Fast, Howard

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...b. New York City. A prolific writer, he is best known for historical novels that mainly concern rebellion against various forms...Activities, and his books were purged from American school libraries; in 1953 he was awarded the Stalin Peace Prize. The Naked...
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Palma, Ricardo

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...national library. He made it one of the finest libraries in South America and served as its director...creator of a new genre, the tradicion, or historical anecdote. Part fiction and part historical reconstruction, these sketches and stories...
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Book Collecting

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...scale practiced by Huntington has declined. Institutional libraries now vie with private collectors for rare books dispersed by...first edition is based not only on speculative but also on historical considerations; a first edition is one step from a manuscript...

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