04484nam 2200685 450 991045990030332120200520144314.01-61689-354-01-61689-327-3(CKB)3710000000376929(EBL)3387614(SSID)ssj0001462004(PQKBManifestationID)12556105(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001462004(PQKBWorkID)11478749(PQKB)11516194(MiAaPQ)EBC3387614(Au-PeEL)EBL3387614(CaPaEBR)ebr11033946(OCoLC)923340823(EXLCZ)99371000000037692920150328h20142014 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrThe public library a photographic essay /Robert Dawson ; foreword by Bill Moyers ; afterword by Ann PatchettFirst edition.New York, New York :Princeton Architectural Press,2014.©20141 online resource (176 p.) illustrations (some color), photographsDescription based upon print version of record.1-61689-217-X Includes bibliographical references""Foreword - Bill Moyers""; ""Introduction - Robert Dawson""; ""CHAPTER ONE: The American Public Library""; ""The Library Spirit by Stuart A.P. Murray""; ""CHAPTER TWO: Economics""; ""A Country Without Libraries - Charles Simic""; ""All Hail The Public Library - David Morris""; ""CHAPTER THREE: Civic Memory and Identity""; ""What the Library Means to Me - Amy Tan""; ""Letters to the Children of Troy, Michigan""; ""How Mr. Dewey Decimal Saved My Life - Barbara Kingsolver""; ""CHAPTER FOUR: Urban and Rural Libraries""; ""The Northeast Nevada Regional Bookmobile - Kelvin K. Selders""""Practicing Seva - Dorothy Lazard""""Spreading Enlightenment - Luis Herrera""; ""CHAPTER FIVE: Art and Architecture""; ""CHAPTER SIX: Evolving Libraries""; ""Enriched by What We Share: A Green Perspective on the Public Library as a Cultural Commons - Chip Ward""; ""CHAPTER SEVEN: Literature and Learning""; ""Library Days - Philip Levine""; ""Steinbeck Country - Anne Lamott""; ""Maps and Stats: Driving Through the Commons - Walker Dawson""; ""Afterword - Ann Patchett""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contributors""; ""Notes""; ""Credits""A gorgeous visual celebration of America's public libraries including 150 photos, plus essays by Bill Moyers, Ann Patchett, Anne Lamott, Amy Tan, Barbara Kingsolver, and many more. Many of us have vivid recollections of childhood visits to a public library: the unmistakable musty scent, the excitement of checking out a stack of newly discovered books. Today, the more than 17,000 libraries in America also function as de facto community centers offering free access to the internet, job-hunting assistance, or a warm place to take shelter. And yet, across the country, cities large and small are closing public libraries or curtailing their hours of operation. Over the last eighteen years, photographer Robert Dawson has crisscrossed the country documenting hundreds of these endangered institutions. The Public Library presents a wide selection of Dawson's photographs' from the majestic reading room at the New York Public Library to Allensworth, California's one-room Tulare County Free Library built by former slaves. Accompanying Dawson's revealing photographs are essays, letters, and poetry by some of America's most celebrated writers. A foreword by Bill Moyers and an afterword by Ann Patchett bookend this important survey of a treasured American institution.Public librariesUnited StatesPictorial worksPublic librariesUnited StatesLibraries and societyUnited StatesLibraries and communityUnited StatesLibrary usersUnited StatesElectronic books.Public librariesPublic librariesLibraries and societyLibraries and communityLibrary users027.70973Dawson Robert1950-955255Moyers Bill D.Patchett AnnMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459900303321The public library2160834UNINA