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Download full textWinsor, Charlotte B.; Burrows, Lodema – 1967
This is a study of four projects in New York City which were established with federal grants to offer library service to the disadvantaged in the area. The four programs studied are the Preschool Project of the Brooklyn Public Library, the Community Coordinator Project of the Brooklyn Public Library, the North Manhattan Project of the New York…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
Winsor, Charlotte B.; Burrows, Lodema – 1967
This document contains observations by library staff and interviews with members of the communities served about the Brooklyn Public Library preschool Project and the Queens Borough Public Library Operation Head Start. These two projects offer storybook and picture-book programs for preschool disadvantaged children and programs for their parents.…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
Winsor, Charlotte B.; Burrows, Lodema – 1967
This document contains observations of library staff and interviews with community members about the Brooklyn Public Library Community Coordinator Project and the New York Public Library North Manhattan Project. The Community Coordinator Project employs four professional librarians to take an active part in community institutions and organizations…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
Peer reviewedMcCook, Kathleen de la Pena; Meyer, Rachel – Public Libraries, 2001
Examines CCIs (Comprehensive Community Initiatives), which can help librarians expand services to young adults who live in poverty; reviews a Wisconsin plan which highlights community-based librarianship; presents a case study of a Florida CCI-based youth development project; and discusses public libraries and CCIs, and library education programs…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Case Studies, Disadvantaged Youth
