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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455637103321

Autore

Hage Christine Lind

Titolo

The public library start-up guide [[electronic resource] /] / Christine Lind Hage

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : American Library Association, 2004

ISBN

0-8389-9856-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Disciplina

025.1/974

Soggetti

Public libraries - Administration

Public libraries - United States - Administration

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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