| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 324 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-301) and index. |
| Contents |
Focusing on children and teens -- The library as place -- Partnerships -- Marketing the library -- Emphasizing the economic value of the library -- Library 2.0 -- Outreach to nontraditional users -- Helping the community achieve its aspirations. |
| Summary |
"Here is a highly readable guide to strategies and projects that have helped more than 100 public libraries gain community support and funding during challenging times. Marylaine Block integrates survey responses from innovative library directors with her research, analysis, and extended interviews to showcase hundreds of winning programs and services. The result is a rich source of ideas and encouragement for those who want their libraries to thrive, not merely survive. Strategies explored in the book include youth services; the library as place; partnerships; marketing; stressing the economic value; Library 2.0; outreach; and helping the community achieve its aspirations. Projects are described in practitioners' own words, with additional examples drawn from libraries' long-range plans, annual reports, programs, and Web sites, as well as from news stories and the library literature."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Public libraries -- United States -- Administration.
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Public libraries. |
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United States. |
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Administration. |
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Libraries and community -- United States -- Case studies.
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Libraries and community. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
Librarians -- United States -- Interviews.
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Librarians. |
| Genre/Form |
Interviews.
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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Interviews.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Block, Marylaine, 1943- Thriving library. Medford, N.J. : Information Today, ©2007 9781573872775 1573872776 (DLC) 2007001170 (OCoLC)80019818 |
| ISBN |
9781573879453 (electronic book) |
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1573879452 (electronic book) |
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9781573879521 (e-book) |
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1573879525 (e-book) |
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1573872776 |
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9781573872775 |
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