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Gave 'Em What They Wanted.

Pearl, Nancy – Library Journal, 1996

From 1963 to 1996, Director Charlie Robinson and Deputy Director Jean-Barry Molz led the Baltimore County Public Library, a system known for customer orientation, a philosophy of collection development heavily emphasizing best sellers, centralized materials selection, interchangeable adult and children's staff, and service fees. Upon retirement,…

Descriptors: Fees, Interviews, Librarians, Library Administrators

Buildings, Books, and Bytes: Libraries and Communities in the Digital Age. A Report on the Public's Opinion of Library Leaders' Visions for the Future.

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Benton Foundation, Washington, DC. – 1996

This report is about libraries and the challenges they face in the digital world, and where the public supports, or fails to support, libraries in this time of change. Library leaders' visions for the future are compared with the public's prescriptions for libraries, derived from public opinion research. Informing the study were library leaders'…

Descriptors: Change, Community Attitudes, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society)