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- catalog abstract ""After decades of cultural warfare and political gridlock, America is beginning to find its balance, thanks to a major cultural shift toward strengthening communities and other endangered social structures. Civil Librarianship explores the ideas of this new community movement and shows how these ideas can transform public libraries by offering a renewed sense of purpose and powerful new strategies for development. It reaffirms the traditional public library mission of providing education for a democratic society while offering a new vision for the future of the institution."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12180808.
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""After decades of cultural warfare and political gridlock, America is beginning to find its balance, thanks to a major cultural shift toward strengthening communities and other endangered social structures. Civil Librarianship explores the ideas of this new community movement and shows how these ideas can transform public libraries by offering a renewed sense of purpose and powerful new strategies for development. It reaffirms the traditional public library mission of providing education for a democratic society while offering a new vision for the future of the institution."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1. America's cultural civil war -- 2. The libertarian public library -- 3. The community movement -- 4. Civic librarianship -- 5. Restoring democratic social authority -- 6. Renewing the educational mission -- 7. A center of the community -- 8. Strategies for building communities -- 9. Library services in a social context -- 10. Strengthening library politics -- 11. Specific professional concerns -- 12. The future of the public library -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-165) and index.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 173 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0810839059 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "021.2/0973 21".
- catalog subject "Libraries and community United States.".
- catalog subject "Public libraries Aims and objectives United States.".
- catalog subject "Public libraries Social aspects United States.".
- catalog subject "Z716.4 M38 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1. America's cultural civil war -- 2. The libertarian public library -- 3. The community movement -- 4. Civic librarianship -- 5. Restoring democratic social authority -- 6. Renewing the educational mission -- 7. A center of the community -- 8. Strategies for building communities -- 9. Library services in a social context -- 10. Strengthening library politics -- 11. Specific professional concerns -- 12. The future of the public library -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.".
- catalog title "Civic librarianship : renewing the social mission of the public library / Ronald B. McCabe.".
- catalog type "text".