Libraries and neighborhood information centers; papers presented at an institute conducted by the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library Science, October 24-27, 1971

Submitter: Sarah Shreeves

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Title

Libraries and neighborhood information centers; papers presented at an institute conducted by the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library Science, October 24-27, 1971

Contributor(s)

• Kronus, Carol L.
• Crowe, Linda

Issue Date

1971

Keyword(s)

• Libraries and community --Congresses
• Social service --Information services --Congresses
• Reference services (Libraries) --Congresses
• Community information services --Congresses

Abstract

The public library in the past few years has been looking for innovative approaches to inner-city service. Traditional library service is no longer adequate for serving the urban people. When librarians finally realized this they began searching for new approaches and ideas. Neighborhood information centers, envisioned as expanded reference services, are now beginning or under consideration in several urban libraries. With the foregoing thoughts in mind, a conference on library -based neighborhood information centers was considered. It seemed both logical and expedient to have a forum where librarians could explore the concept and ramifications of this service before libraries jumped wholesale into its establishment. A parochial approach involving libraries alone was rejected. Only by exploring the broadest parameters of the topic could librarians begin to get perspective on their situation.

Publisher

Graduate School of Library Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Series/Report Name or Number

Allerton Park Institute (17th : 1971)

ISSN

0536-4604

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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