| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 244 pages). |
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polychrome |
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Iowa and the Midwest experience
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Iowa and the Midwest experience.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-237) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : information, reading, place -- Pride of a century : the Bryant Library of Sauk Centre, Minnesota -- A credit to the place : the Sage Library of Osage, Iowa -- Tourist attraction : the Charles H. Moore Library of Lexington, Michigan -- Those commission ideas : the Rhinelander Public Library of Rhinelander, Wisconsin -- Literature suitable for a small public library : Main Street public library collections -- Epilogue : agent of social harmony. |
| Summary |
The United States has more public libraries than it has McDonald & rsquo;s restaurants.℗¡By any measure, the American public library is a heavily used and ubiquitous institution. Popular thinking identifies the public library as a neutral agency that protects democratic ideals by guarding against censorship as it makes information available to people from all walks of life. Among librarians this idea is known as the & ldquo;library faith. & rdquo; But is the American public library as democratic as it appears to be?℗¡℗¡In Main Street Public Library, eminent library historian Wayne Wiegand studies four. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Public libraries -- Middle West -- History.
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Public libraries. |
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Middle West. |
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History. |
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Rural libraries -- Middle West -- History.
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Rural libraries. |
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Libraries and community -- Middle West -- History.
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Libraries and community. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books -- History.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wiegand, Wayne A., 1946- Main Street public library. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2011 9781609380670 (DLC) 2011013862 (OCoLC)711989026 |
| ISBN |
9781609380687 (electronic book) |
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1609380681 (electronic book) |
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9781609380670 |
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1609380673 |
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