Book Description
LFL history, quirky and poignant firsthand stories, a resource guide, and some of the most creative and inspired LFLs around.
Author : Margret Aldrich
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,39 MB
Release : 2015
Category : FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS
ISBN : 9781566894074
LFL history, quirky and poignant firsthand stories, a resource guide, and some of the most creative and inspired LFLs around.
Author : Osterhout Free Library
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Page : 84 pages
File Size : 37,97 MB
Release : 1893
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Author : Free Library of Philadelphia
Publisher :
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 37,87 MB
Release : 1903
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Author : United States. Office of Education
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Page : 116 pages
File Size : 26,90 MB
Release : 1959
Category : Public libraries
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Author : Susan Orlean
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 39,96 MB
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1476740194
Susan Orlean’s bestseller and New York Times Notable Book is “a sheer delight…as rich in insight and as varied as the treasures contained on the shelves in any local library” (USA TODAY)—a dazzling love letter to a beloved institution and an investigation into one of its greatest mysteries. “Everybody who loves books should check out The Library Book” (The Washington Post). On the morning of April 28, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. The fire was disastrous: it reached two thousand degrees and burned for more than seven hours. By the time it was extinguished, it had consumed four hundred thousand books and damaged seven hundred thousand more. Investigators descended on the scene, but more than thirty years later, the mystery remains: Did someone purposefully set fire to the library—and if so, who? Weaving her lifelong love of books and reading into an investigation of the fire, award-winning New Yorker reporter and New York Times bestselling author Susan Orlean delivers a “delightful…reflection on the past, present, and future of libraries in America” (New York magazine) that manages to tell the broader story of libraries and librarians in a way that has never been done before. In the “exquisitely written, consistently entertaining” (The New York Times) The Library Book, Orlean chronicles the LAPL fire and its aftermath to showcase the larger, crucial role that libraries play in our lives; delves into the evolution of libraries; brings each department of the library to vivid life; studies arson and attempts to burn a copy of a book herself; and reexamines the case of Harry Peak, the blond-haired actor long suspected of setting fire to the LAPL more than thirty years ago. “A book lover’s dream…an ambitiously researched, elegantly written book that serves as a portal into a place of history, drama, culture, and stories” (Star Tribune, Minneapolis), Susan Orlean’s thrilling journey through the stacks reveals how these beloved institutions provide much more than just books—and why they remain an essential part of the heart, mind, and soul of our country.
Author : Pratt Institute. Free Library
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Page : 344 pages
File Size : 41,90 MB
Release : 1896
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Author : Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF)
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 50,22 MB
Release : 2015-07-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0838913253
Collecting several key documents and policy statements, this supplement to the ninth edition of the Intellectual Freedom Manual traces a history of ALA’s commitment to fighting censorship. An introductory essay by Judith Krug and Candace Morgan, updated by OIF Director Barbara Jones, sketches out an overview of ALA policy on intellectual freedom. An important resource, this volume includes documents which discuss such foundational issues as The Library Bill of RightsProtecting the freedom to readALA’s Code of EthicsHow to respond to challenges and concerns about library resourcesMinors and internet activityMeeting rooms, bulletin boards, and exhibitsCopyrightPrivacy, including the retention of library usage records
Author : Edwidge Danticat
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 47,86 MB
Release : 2011-09-20
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0307946509
A New York Times Notable Book A Miami Herald Best Book of the Year In this deeply personal book, the celebrated Haitian-American writer Edwidge Danticat reflects on art and exile. Inspired by Albert Camus and adapted from her own lectures for Princeton University’s Toni Morrison Lecture Series, here Danticat tells stories of artists who create despite (or because of) the horrors that drove them from their homelands. Combining memoir and essay, these moving and eloquent pieces examine what it means to be an artist from a country in crisis. BONUS MATERIAL: This edition includes an excerpt from Edwidge Danticat's Claire of the Sea Light.
Author : Pratt Institute. Free Library
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Page : pages
File Size : 36,8 MB
Release : 1897
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Author : Robert Devore Leigh
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Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,88 MB
Release : 1950
Category : Libraries
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