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1. The Public Library as a Protective Factor: An Introduction to Library Social Work.

Author

Lloyd, Patrick

Subjects
*SOCIAL services, *PUBLIC libraries, *SOCIAL workers, *LIBRARY users, *LIBRARIES
Abstract

Libraries from San Francisco to Washington, D.C. are now employing or housing social workers. As this practice area grows, it is reshaping the way that libraries assist their patrons. Though the work of individual library social workers vary depending on the unique needs of their patrons and communities, there are some social work concepts that remain constant across the country. Conceiving of the library as a protective factor, particularly for vulnerable patrons, can be a helpful lens through which to view the ever changing needs of individuals and communities served by public libraries. Libraries can play a crucial role in the strengthening of their communities by partnering with local service providers and by considering ways to strengthen and expand the resources they offer to patrons. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2020
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2. Accessing the International Children's Digital Library.

Author

Cummins, June

Subjects
*CHILDREN'S electronic books, *CHILDREN'S digital libraries, *DIGITAL libraries, *ELECTRONIC books, *ELECTRONIC publishing, *WEB archives, *CHILDREN'S books, *INTERNET access for library users, *LIBRARIES & the Internet, *INTERNET & children
Abstract

This article highlights the International Children's Digital Library (ICDL), a joint project of the Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory at the University of Maryland and the Internet Archive in San Francisco, California. The author describes her son's experience reading an online book and reports on the involvement with ICDL among children ages six to eleven.

Published
2004

3. Fundraising: It's Not Just About the Money.

Subjects
*LIBRARY finance, *LIBRARY fundraising, *LIBRARY volunteers, *NONPROFIT organizations, *LIBRARY users, *WEBSITES
Abstract

Every library where I have worked has held fundraisers, mostly book sales that were sometimes combined with bake sales. In Monroeville, we are lucky to have an active Friends of the Library group that takes care of the annual used book sale, which brings people to us in droves during that weekend. Both of these events raise money, but if we depended entirely on them, our budget would be very small. Perhaps even greater than the amount of money they raise is the value of bringing people into the library. The Library Support Staff.com Web site has a section titled "See what others have done," which offers links to some interesting ideas for library fundraisers. I found that some of the links were not working, but I did successfully follow the link to the Nova Scotia Provincial Library to learn of its fund-raising activities and to see an article in Urban Parks online that discussed "affinity groups" that worked to raise funds for the San Francisco Public Library.

Published
2003

4. The University of California, San Francisco.

Author

Young, Ann-Christe

Subjects
*INTERNET access for library users, *PREVENTION of tobacco use
Abstract

Reports the award given by the American Legacy Foundation to the University of California, San Francisco. Establishment of Internet access to tobacco industry documents; Acquisition of documents through litigation; Agreement between the industry and state attorneys general. INSET: April 1 deadline for museum-library grant..

Published
2001

5. In Praise of Typing, The Clattering Kind.

Author

BEATO, GREG

Subjects
*TYPEWRITERS, *TYPEWRITING, *LIBRARY users, NEW Main Library (San Francisco, Calif.)
Abstract

AMID the civil hush of the New Main San Francisco Public Library, I recently experienced an aspect to writing I'd all but forgotten: noise. It happened in a workspace called the Typewriter Room. Operating the machine that gives the room its name, I struck the ''T'' key, then the ''H'' key, and for the first time in at least two decades, I was rewarded with the bracing clackety-clack of analog-era content production. When the New Main opened in 1996, its boosters touted it as a ''high-tech information retrieval center.'' So did its critics. It had 300 computer workstations, additional electrical outlets for patrons who brought their own laptops, a sleek and airy layout with sightlines that made it the envy of every high-security prison warden in the land, and apparently, hidden in some low-tech, off-message nook, a Typewriter Room. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2012

6. THIS MONTH, 85 YEARS AGO.

Author

Wiegand, Wayne

Subjects
*HISTORY of libraries, *PUBLIC libraries, *LIBRARY overdues, *LIBRARY users, *TWENTIETH century
Abstract

Discusses events that occurred in libraries during 1917. Removal of all German-language books from the shelves of the San Francisco Public Library in California during World War I; Anti-German sentiments at public libraries across the U.S.; Publication by the Lebanon Public Library in Indiana during 1987 of a list of borrowers with overdue books; How events demonstrate that the library community's response to challenges against patron confidentiality have not been consistent.

Published
2002

7. QUICK TAKES.

Subjects
*LIBRARIES, *INTERNET access for library users
Abstract

Offers news briefs pertaining to libraries. Demand for Internet access in San Francisco Public Library in California; Prank at the Central Washington University library in Ellensburg; Design of a bed featured in the Hammacher Schlemmer catalog that has space for a collection of books.

Published
2002

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