Staff News

Staff News
Author: New York Public Library
Publisher:
Total Pages: 176
Release: 1921
Genre:
ISBN:

News

News
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 12
Release: 1986
Genre: Medical libraries
ISBN:

Special Libraries

Special Libraries
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 564
Release: 1927
Genre: Libraries
ISBN:

Most vols. include Proceedings of the Special Libraries Association.

Building Libraries for the 21st Century

Building Libraries for the 21st Century
Author: T.D. Webb
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2012-11-30
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 147660360X

Despite calls for electronic, virtual, digital libraries without walls, the walled variety are still being built, some of them massive. This book explores the reasons for this contradiction by examining several notable new library facilities around the world to see how modern expectations for libraries are being translated into concrete and steel. More and more libraries are looking at change not as a dreaded hazard but as an opportunity that can itself be seized to strengthen the library in the areas of mission, technologies, facilities, funding, and organizational structure. Thirteen libraries are discussed--by a librarian or administrator who worked on the project. Each author writes about the design and building concerns that were particularly relevant to that library: philosophy, political issues, or any other concerns that affected planning, building, and services in the new facility. Introductory and concluding chapters identify underlying values and themes, tying everything together. The unique combinations of issues, constraints, and opportunities show how libraries are planning to fit into the approaching era of virtual information delivery.

Creating a Person-Centered Library

Creating a Person-Centered Library
Author: Elizabeth A. Wahler
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2023-12-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

Creating a Person-Centered Library provides a comprehensive overview of various services, programs, and collaborations to help libraries serve high-needs patrons as well as strategies for supporting staff working with these individuals. While public libraries are struggling to address growing numbers of high-needs patrons experiencing homelessness, food insecurity, mental health problems, substance abuse, and poverty-related needs, this book will help librarians build or contribute to library services that will best address patrons' psychosocial needs. The authors, experienced in both library and social work, begin by providing an overview of patrons' psychosocial needs, structural and societal reasons for the shift in these needs, and how these changes impact libraries and library staff. Chapters focus on best practices for libraries providing person-centered services and share lessons learned, including information about special considerations for certain patron populations that might be served by individual libraries. The book concludes with information about how library organizations can support public library staff. Librarians and library students who are concerned about both patrons and library staff will find the practical advice in this book invaluable.