The Idea of the Public Library in the United States: Why is it Important?

The Idea of the Public Library in the United States: Why is it Important?

In a 1954 Library Science textbook author Ernestine Rose asked her readers to ponder whether the public library is either “unique and indispensable“ or “incidental and pleasant—the frills on our civic costume”. Over sixty-five years later these opposite constructs are still valid to frame my thesis...

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Main Author: Bernstein, Ruth
Format: Others
Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2011
Subjects:
library
democracy
nostalgia
public policy
knowledge
Arts and Humanities
United States History
Online Access:http://scholarship.claremont.edu/pitzer_theses/45
http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1044&context=pitzer_theses
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democracy
nostalgia
public policy
knowledge
Arts and Humanities
United States History
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public policy
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Arts and Humanities
United States History
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The Idea of the Public Library in the United States: Why is it Important?
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