| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 166 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Public libraries : the people's library -- Establishing the library -- Building the team -- Securing library financing -- Shaping the organization -- Taking care of business -- Planning for the long term -- Participating in cooperative arrangements -- Building the perfect library -- Furnishing and equipping a public library -- Developing the collection -- Planning and developing services -- Promoting the library |
| Summary |
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 non |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Public libraries -- Administration -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Public libraries -- United States -- Administration -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Library & Information Science -- Administration & Management.
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Public libraries -- Administration
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0838998569 |
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9780838998564 |
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9780838908662 |
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0838908667 |
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