The Public Library Start-up Guide - Softcover

Christine Lind Hage

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0838908667 ISBN 13: 9780838908662

Publisher: ALA Editions,US, 2003

Synopsis

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, time-consuming, 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. 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. 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.

Edition details

• Publisher: ALA Editions,US
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0838908667
• ISBN 13: 9780838908662
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 180