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Reading publics : New York City's public libraries, 1754-1911
\"A history of public libraries in New York City before the founding of the New York Public Library. Most of these libraries were accessible through a membership or an annual subscription. Explores the private and public purposes of public libraries before the advent of tax-supported public libraries\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Reading Publics: New York City's Public Libraries, 1754-1911
This lively, nuanced history of New York City's early public libraries traces their evolution within the political, social, and cultural worlds that supported them. On May 11, 1911, the New York Public Library opened its \"marble palace for book lovers\" on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street. This was the city's first public library in the modern sense, a tax-supported, circulating collection free to every citizen. Since before the Revolution, however, New York's reading publics had access to a range of \"public libraries\" as the term was understood by contemporaries. In its most basic sense a public library in the eighteenth and most of the nineteenth centuries simply meant a shared collection of books that was available to the general public and promoted the public good. From the founding in 1754 of the New York Society Library up to 1911, public libraries took a variety of forms. Some of them were free, charitable institutions, while others required a membership or an annual subscription. Some, such as the Biblical Library of the American Bible Society, were highly specialized; others, like the Astor Library, developed extensive, inclusive collections. What all the public libraries of this period had in common, at least ostensibly, was the conviction that good books helped ensure a productive, virtuous, orderly republic-that good reading promoted the public good. Tom Glynn's vivid, deeply researched history of New York City's public libraries over the course of more than a century and a half illuminates how the public and private functions of reading changed over time and how shared collections of books could serve both public and private ends. Reading Publics examines how books and reading helped construct social identities and how print functioned within and across groups, including but not limited to socioeconomic classes. The author offers an accessible while scholarly exploration of how republican and liberal values, shifting understandings of \"public\" and \"private,\" and the debate over fiction influenced the development and character of New York City's public libraries in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Reading Publics is an important contribution to the social and cultural history of New York City that firmly places the city's early public libraries within the history of reading and print culture in the United States.
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The lions at night
\"By day, the library lions Patience and Fortitude guard the iconic New York Public Library. But when the sun goes down, and the library closes, their work is done, and it is time for fun. This debut wordless picture book brings the reader along on a late-night subway trip to the wild and wonderful Coney Island, where the two lions fit right in and indulge in some classic New York City-style fun. Will they make it back to the library before dawn? And will anyone notice that they've been gone?\" -- Amazon.
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Underserved patrons in university libraries : assisting students facing trauma, abuse, and discrimination
\"This practical and research-based volume focuses on how libraries can meet the needs of underserved patrons in college and university libraries, with an emphasis on those facing trauma, abuse, and discrimination\"--.
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Flora illustrata : great works from the LuEsther T. Mertz Library of the New York Botanical Garden
\"The renowned LuEsther T. Mertz Library of The New York Botanical Garden counts among its holdings many of the most beautiful and pioneering botanical and horticultural works ever created. More than eight centuries of knowledge, from the twelfth century to the present, are represented in the library's collection of more than one million cataloged items. In this sumptuously illustrated volume, international experts introduce us to some of the library's most fascinating works--exceedingly rare books, stunning botanical artworks, handwritten manuscripts, Renaissance herbals, nursery catalogs, explorers' notebooks, and more. The contributors hold these treasures up for close inspection and offer surprising insights into their histories and importance.\"-- Dust jacket.
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Pivoting during the Pandemic : ideas for serving your community anytime, anywhere
Sharing lessons learned and barriers overcome, this book will spur you towards new ways of serving your patrons during unprecedented times.
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Being a Teen Library Services Advocate
Most librarians have major concerns and questions about teen services advocacy: What is advocacy and why would I want to get involved in it? How do I find advocacy activities in which to get involved? How do I know what others have already done that's been successful? What's the difference between marketing programs and services and advocating for them? What are the barriers to advocating and how do I move past them? Here are YALSA's answers to those questions. Former YALSA President Linda Braun covers what advocacy is and isn't, what it takes to be an effective advocate for teens, how to practice advocacy skills and techniques, how to be a day-to-day advocate for teens, and setup a successful long-term library teen services advocacy initiative. Front-line public and school librarians working in young adult services will find the volume useful as they will be able to use the information included every day to successfully advocate with administrators, colleagues, community members, and government officials. You get examples of advocacy campaigns from inside and outside of the library world that demonstrate basic principles of successful advocacy efforts, and learn to navigate the barriers of time and funding. Chapter coverage includes: Building Community Advocacy Collaborations, Day-to-Day Advocacy, Developing an Advocacy Initiative, Teens as Library Advocates, Going Beyond Your Library: State, Regional, and National Advocacy. You'll also find: Tips for Writing a Successful Elevator Pitch, Tips for Speaking Up, and an Advocacy Campaign Template. The only way to make sure that teens around the country have the services they need is for all librarians to stand up and speak out for the age group. Being a Teen Services Advocate gives every librarian the information required in order to advocate for teens and as a result improve library services, the value of the library in the community, and the lives of young adults.
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Going virtual : programs and insights from a time of crisis
From the moment the pandemic took hold in Spring 2020, libraries and library workers have demonstrated their fortitude and flexibility by adapting to physical closures, social distancing guidelines, and a host of other challenges. Despite the obstacles, they've been able to stay connected to their communities—and helped connect the people in their communities to each other, as well as to the information and services they need and enjoy. Ostman and ALA's Public Programs Office (PPO) here present a handpicked cross-section of successful programs, most of them virtual, from a range of different libraries. Featuring events designed to support learning, spark conversation, create connection, or simply entertain, the ideas here will inspire programming staff to try similar offerings at their own libraries. Showcasing innovation in action as well as lessons learned, programs include
* COVID-19 Misinformation Challenge, featuring an email quiz, to encourage participants to separate fact from fiction;
* weekly virtual storytimes;
* community cooking demonstrations via Zoom;
* an online grocery store tour, complete with tips about shopping healthy on a budget;
* a virtual beer tasting that boasted 80 attendees;
* socially distanced \"creativity crates\" for summer reading;
* an online Minecraft club for kids ages 6 and up;
* a Zoom presentation about grieving and funerals during COVID, featuring the director of a local funeral home;
* Art Talk Tuesday, a one-hour, docent-led program;
* a virtual lecture on the history of witchcraft, presented by a public library in partnership with a university rare book room, that drew thousands of viewers;
* \"knitting for knewbies\" kits for curbside pickup;
* Songs from the Stacks, an ongoing virtual concert series in the style of NPR's \"Tiny Desk\";
* a pink supermoon viewing party that included people howling at the moon together from their homes on Facebook Live;
* and many others
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The globalized library : American academic libraries and international students, collections, and practices
In five sections--Information Literacy; Outreach & Inclusion; Collections & Digital Humanities; Establishing Libraries & Services Abroad; and Career & Professional Development--The Globalized Library collects chapters from practitioners across the world detailing how their work is globalized and demonstrating new ways to address language and cultural differences, access issues abroad, the international purchase and processing of materials, and information literacy needs of students from all over the world. It explores the use of campus partnerships to create specially designed programs and learning opportunities for international students, providing support to students studying abroad, creating online teaching tools, and establishing American-style libraries at satellite campuses in countries where access to information is highly restricted.
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