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"For over 100 years, the Regina Public Library has served its community with innovative programming, but the full story of this venerable institution has never been told-until now. From the efforts of its first librarian who ensured immigrants could access books in their own languages, to the p...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Campbell, Anne, 1938- (Editor ), Mah, Jeannie (Editor ), Birley, Susan, 1955- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Regina, Saskatchewan : University of Regina Press, 2017.
Temas:
Regina Public Library > History.
Regina Public Library.
Regina Public Library
Public libraries > Saskatchewan > Regina > History.
Librarians > Saskatchewan > Regina > History.
Public libraries > Saskatchewan > Regina.
Bibliothèques publiques > Saskatchewan > Regina > Histoire.
Bibliothécaires > Saskatchewan > Regina > Histoire.
Bibliothèques publiques > Saskatchewan > Regina.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Library & Information Science > Archives & Special Libraries.
Librarians
Public libraries
Saskatchewan > Regina
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Foreword: Public Libraries: A Very Short Personal History
  • Foreword: Public Library Beginnings in Saskatchewan
  • Acknowledgements
  • Editors' Note
  • From the Editors
  • Part I. Beginnings, the Chief Librarians and their Terms
  • Chapter 1. Regina Citizens Petition for a Free Public Library
  • Chapter 2. J. R. C. Honeyman (1908-1936) and the New Library in Action
  • Chapter 3. Three Librarians (1937-47) and World War II
  • Chapter 4. Marjorie Dunlop (1948-72), the Postwar Era, and Moving into the Future
  • Chapter 5. Ron Yeo (1972-88): A Bookseller Becomes Chief Librarian
  • Chapter 6. Ken Jensen (1988-98): Financial Restraint and Increased Scrutiny
  • Chapter 7. Sandy Cameron (1999-2005): Cutbacks and Closures
  • Chapter 8. Jeff Barber (2005-present): A New Direction
  • Part II. The Library and How It Works
  • Chapter 9. Behind the Scenes
  • Chapter 10. Central Public Services, Part 1: Circulation, Information Services, Interlibrary Loan, Film and Audio-Visual Services, and the RPL Film Theatre
  • Chapter 11. Central Public Services, Part 2: The History of RPL's Children's Services According to Dewey Decimal
  • Chapter 12. Central Public Services, Part 3: The Prairie History Room
  • Chapter 13. Community Relations: public relations, writer-in-residence, adult programming, outreach, literacy services, and albert library
  • Chapter 14. The Central Library Building
  • Chapter 15. Serving Neighbourhoods: Branch Libraries and Booktrailers
  • Chapter 16. The Dunlop Art Gallery
  • Part III. Today, Tomorrow, and the Future
  • Conclusion: The Regina Public Library in the World of Tomorrow
  • Afterword: The Future of the Regina Public Library
  • Appendix A. Board Members: 1908 to 2014*
  • Appendix B. Writers-in-Residence
  • Appendix C. A Brief History of Libraries from Antiquity to the RPL
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Contributors and Editors
  • Permissions Acknowledgements

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