Wayne A Wiegand
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Despite dire predictions in the late twentieth century that public libraries would not survive the turn of the millennium, their numbers have only increased. Two of three Americans frequent a public library at least once a year, and nearly that many are registered borrowers. Although library authorities have argued that the public library functions primarily as a civic institution necessary for maintaining democracy, generations of library patrons...
2) Main Street public library: community places and reading spaces in the rural heartland, 1876-1956
Author
Publisher
University of Iowa Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English