LEADER 04484nam 2200685 450 001 9910459900303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-61689-354-0 010 $a1-61689-327-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000376929 035 $a(EBL)3387614 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001462004 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12556105 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001462004 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11478749 035 $a(PQKB)11516194 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3387614 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3387614 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11033946 035 $a(OCoLC)923340823 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000376929 100 $a20150328h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe public library $ea photographic essay /$fRobert Dawson ; foreword by Bill Moyers ; afterword by Ann Patchett 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aNew York, New York :$cPrinceton Architectural Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (176 p.) $cillustrations (some color), photographs 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-61689-217-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""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"" 330 $aA 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. 606 $aPublic libraries$zUnited States$vPictorial works 606 $aPublic libraries$zUnited States 606 $aLibraries and society$zUnited States 606 $aLibraries and community$zUnited States 606 $aLibrary users$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPublic libraries 615 0$aPublic libraries 615 0$aLibraries and society 615 0$aLibraries and community 615 0$aLibrary users 676 $a027.70973 700 $aDawson$b Robert$f1950-$0955255 702 $aMoyers$b Bill D. 702 $aPatchett$b Ann 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459900303321 996 $aThe public library$92160834 997 $aUNINA