Public Library Response to Women and Their Changing Roles Revisited
Cassell, Kay Ann; Weibel, Kathleen
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Title
Public Library Response to Women and Their Changing Roles Revisited
Author(s)
Cassell, Kay Ann
Weibel, Kathleen
Issue Date
2007
Keyword(s)
Public libraries
Gender
Library services
Abstract
Updating research done in 1980, the authors survey the current
status of programming for women in public libraries, concentrating
on the largest U.S. public libraries. The designation of National
Women’s History Month was assumed to provide a legitimizing factor
that libraries could use to develop women’s programming. Many
libraries have indeed developed programming for women during
National Women’s History Month, but many more have planned
women’s programming as part of their regular offering of programs.
Women’s programming has been strengthened by a greater
visibility of the diverse needs and interests of women, funding for
programs for women, and greatly expanded publishing activity that
continually provides new titles on women’s issues for public library
collections. Women themselves have been a catalyst for programming
as they have been avid users of public libraries and often the
primary audience for library programs. Although librarians seem
reluctant to identify their target audience by gender, they continue
to develop programming that attracts more women than men.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press and the Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
ISSN
0024-2594
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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