An Architectural Strategy for Change: Remodeling and Expanding for Contemporary Public Library Needs. Proceedings of the Library Architecture Preconference Institute Held at New York, New York, 4-6 July 1974 under the Sponsorship of Architecture for Public Libraries Committee, Buildings and Equipment Section, Library Administration Division, American Library Association. Raymond M. Holt

1977 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 493-494
Author(s):  
Richard H. Perrine
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Public Library ◽  
American Library Association ◽  
Library Administration ◽  
American Library

scholarly journals Carnegie Revitalisation of Public Libraries in Africa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Baffour-Awuah
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
School Library ◽  
Public Library ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Disadvantaged Communities ◽  
Carnegie Corporation ◽  
Library Development ◽  
The Impact

The Carnegie Corporation of New York has embarked on a revitalisation programme of some African public libraries. The Corporation has made grants to those public library systems targeting previously disadvantaged communities. Those aspects of the programmes that the grantees have drawn up which could impact school library development in the recipient countries are highlighted here. The selected public libraries of Botswana, Kenya and five provinces within South Africa, as grantees of revitalisation awards are the objects of focus here. Seven other African countries that have benefited to a relatively lesser extent are mentioned as issues emerge that relate to them. Suggestions are made as to the impact some of these public library programmes could make on school libraries and school pupils.

scholarly journals From the Chair: My Chicago

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Sarah Erekson
Keyword(s):  
Public Library ◽  
American Library Association ◽  
Annual Conference ◽  
Monday Morning ◽  
Government Information ◽  
American Library ◽  
Saturday Night ◽  
Mayoral Election ◽  
The Government

I’m so excited that the Annual Conference this year is in my hometown. As a passionate steward of government information in Chicago, here are a few highlights of my city and my collection.The last time the American Library Association conference was in Chicago was the Midwinter Meetings held in February 2015, when attendees got a taste of Chicago’s winter. Between Saturday night and Monday morning, more than nineteen inches of snow fell as librarians settled into hotel rooms and bars from Streeterville to McCormick Place.1 In winters past, such storms have at times been politically significant. After the Blizzard of 1979, Jane Byrne won the mayoral election in an unprecedented upset. Chicagoans had re-elected the incumbent mayor in the five previous elections (Richard J. Daley served from 1955 to 1976). Michael Bilandic’s term as mayor could have been the start to another dynasty, if not for the snow. You could take Whet Moser’s word for it, in “Snowpocalyspe Then: How the Blizzard of 1979 Cost the Election for Michael Bilandic.”Or you could use the government information expertise and collections of the Chicago Public Library.

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