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Public Library Start-Up Guide
An estimated thirteen million people in the U.S. are not served by a public library. This presents opportunities for creating new libraries. Involving complex, timeconsuming, and expensive decisions, the prospect of starting a library without the right direction seems overwhelming. The Public Library Start-Up Guide provides a framework for success―from looking at the big strategic picture to picking the furniture. Expert library director and author Christine Hage offers a succinct, nontechnical, and step-by-step approach covering all the practical issues for library professionals as well as nonlibrarians who need to know where to start. Acknowledging that each community's library will reflect the unique characteristics and needs of that population, this hands-on manual provides answers to such questions With savvy guidance on all aspects of providing public library service, this is the comprehensive one-stop resource for planning and starting a new library. Community leaders, Friends of Libraries, trustees, policymakers, and municipal officials as well as librarians will find a friendly, accessible, and concise guide to help them get the job done.
180 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2003
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December 19, 2019
Was hoping for lists and practical solutions for opening a new Library. I got general HR speak instead. Disappointing.
February 2, 2017
(Borrowed from my state library)
The title of this book lead me to think it would be a fairly good how to book for starting a library. In reality it is a thorough history of public libraries with a generous dose of this is what other libraries deal with. There are some useful pointers to more detailed resources (which i thought this book would include information from), but there seems to be a general lack of specifics (at least in the early set up of a library parts). That being said the chapters on furniture, events, and marketing weren't bad.
Saddly it is also starting to sound a bit dated in a few areas since it was written in 2004 a lot of library practices have changed. Basically good set up but could use a new edition.
The title of this book lead me to think it would be a fairly good how to book for starting a library. In reality it is a thorough history of public libraries with a generous dose of this is what other libraries deal with. There are some useful pointers to more detailed resources (which i thought this book would include information from), but there seems to be a general lack of specifics (at least in the early set up of a library parts). That being said the chapters on furniture, events, and marketing weren't bad.
Saddly it is also starting to sound a bit dated in a few areas since it was written in 2004 a lot of library practices have changed. Basically good set up but could use a new edition.
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