| Description |
ix, 157 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
For many poor people, the library is their only resource for information, literacy, entertainment, language skills, employment help, free computer use, and even safety and shelter. Get concrete advice about programs and support for this group. |
| Contents |
A library commitment to the poor -- Ambivalences about poverty -- Doing our people's work -- Getting started : principles of success -- Getting started : service continuum -- What keeps poor people from using libraries? -- Communicating with poor constituents -- Finding help for your poor : a librarian's guide -- General library programs that help the poor -- General services : public access computers and their implications -- Specific library services that help the poor -- The homeless : how should our libraries help them? -- Partnerships and collaborations that enrich library services to the poor -- Evaluating library services to the poor -- Poverty and library essentiality. |
| Subject |
Libraries and the poor -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Holt, Glen E.
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| ISBN |
9780838910504 alkaline paper |
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0838910505 alkaline paper |
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