Plain and Simple Pleasures: Bookmobile Service in Amish Country.

Patton, Gayle

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ERIC Number: EJ479812

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Publication Date: 1994

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Plain and Simple Pleasures: Bookmobile Service in Amish Country.

Patton, Gayle

Wilson Library Bulletin, v68 n7 p31-33,139 Mar 1994

Describes bookmobile service to Amish users in Holmes County (Ohio). Highlights include differences between students from public and parochial Amish schools; censorship; adult women users; requested fiction and nonfiction materials; and the need to understand Amish patron needs to be successful. (LRW)

Descriptors: Adults, Amish, Bookmobiles, Censorship, Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Library Extension, Library Material Selection, Library Services, Outreach Programs, Parochial Schools, Public Libraries, Public Schools, Use Studies, User Needs (Information), Users (Information)

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Ohio

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