Ending the Isolation of Poor People [and] Promoting the Humanities, or: How To Make the Poor Dangerous [and] Far from the Library, A Special Set of Challenges [and] No Place To Go (Except the Public Library) [and] The Least of Our Brethren: Library Service to Prisoners.

McCook, Kathleen de la Pena; Shorris, Earl; Boyce, Judith I.; Boyce, Bert R.; Grace, Patrick; Sullivan, Larry E.

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ERIC Number: EJ615179

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2000

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Ending the Isolation of Poor People [and] Promoting the Humanities, or: How To Make the Poor Dangerous [and] Far from the Library, A Special Set of Challenges [and] No Place To Go (Except the Public Library) [and] The Least of Our Brethren: Library Service to Prisoners.

McCook, Kathleen de la Pena; Shorris, Earl; Boyce, Judith I.; Boyce, Bert R.; Grace, Patrick; Sullivan, Larry E.

American Libraries, v31 n5 p45-48,50-58 May 2000

These five articles consider some of the ways in which librarians work to ameliorate the circumstances that affect poor people. Topics include promoting access to the humanities to encourage people to become involved politically; serving the rural poor; homeless people; and library service to prisoners. (LRW)

Descriptors: Access to Information, Economically Disadvantaged, Homeless People, Humanities, Information Needs, Library Role, Library Services, Political Attitudes, Prisoners, Rural Areas, Rural Economics

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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