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Pribesh, Shana; Gavigan, Karen; Dickinson, Gail – Library Quarterly, 2011
Stephen Krashen believes that schools can counter the effects of poverty in at least one area: access to books. However, little research has been done to determine whether students living in poverty have access to school library services comparable to those attending schools with low concentrations of students living in poverty. We examined the…
Descriptors: Poverty, School Libraries, Library Services, Learning Resources Centers
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Given, Lisa M.; McTavish, Lianne – Library Quarterly, 2010
As cultural institutions begin to share physical and human resources, and as new technologies reshape approaches to access and preservation, educational programs must respond in kind. However, it is important to ask in what ways the current convergence of libraries, archives, and museums marks a return to tradition rather than a departure from it.…
Descriptors: Cultural Centers, Museums, Libraries, Archives
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Bradley, Jana; Fulton, Bruce; Helm, Marlene – Library Quarterly, 2012
The number of books published by authors using fee-based publication services, such as Lulu and AuthorHouse, is overtaking the number of books published by mainstream publishers, according to Bowker's 2009 annual data. Little empirical research exists on self-published books. This article presents the results of an investigation of a random sample…
Descriptors: Writing for Publication, Personal Autonomy, Fees, Empowerment
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Westbrook, Lynn – Library Quarterly, 2008
The pervasive, personal crisis of intimate partner violence (IPV) demands community information resources in workforce, health care, mental health, public housing, criminal justice, and social service arenas. Although generally underutilized, public libraries have a pivotal role to play as the only public institution specifically structured to…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Police, Public Libraries, Information Seeking
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Doyle, Tony – Library Quarterly, 2002
Discussion of the Library Bill of Rights focuses on paternalism and the dangers of Internet filtering, in response to a previous article that advocated revision of the Bill of Rights. Topics include ethical presuppositions; censorship; philosophical foundations; access; social contract theory; and utilitarianism. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Censorship, Ethics, Internet
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Dalbello, Marija – Library Quarterly, 2004
The emerging trends in digital(ized) collection development from 1997 are examined using a sample of projects accessible through Web-based registries of the Association of Research Libraries and the Digital Library Federation. The analysis focuses on thematic repertoire, narrative structuring, underlying historiographic principles, presentation,…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Library Services, Historiography, Research Libraries
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Lee, Hur-Li – Library Quarterly, 2005
This study explores the concept and functions of collection from the perspective of the user. In-depth interviews with ten professors from a social science discipline and a natural science department provided descriptions of their information seeking involving material sources and their perceptions of the library collection. Participants used the…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Library Materials, Social Sciences, Science Departments
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Turock, Betty J. – Library Quarterly, 1987
Data collected from 318 libraries across the United States are used to (1) identify, describe, and compare the extent and variety of current library services for older adults with those in 1971, and (2) measure variables in organizational support and suggest how they might influence service provision. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Community Programs, Comparative Analysis, Demography