In some of our larger cities, public libraries are beginning to take
on, are being asked to take on, or are considering taking on the
functions of the neighborhood information center. To that fact we owe
this volume and the institute on which it is based. The role assigned
to this writer is that of providing a context, of posing and of trying to
throw light on the question: How indeed do neighborhood information
center functions relate to our public libraries?
This topic will be considered in two large segments, each of which
can be stated as a question. The first question is the basic one: Is
conducting a neighborhood information center the public library's
job? The second is contingent: If libraries accept the job, how do
they accommodate the new function onto existing libraries?
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
Permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/2142/1584
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