How a library stacks up
- G.D. Gearino
- Raleigh News & Observer, 17 January 2006
Should the library be "a reflection of popular tastes" or should it be "a place designed for research?"
Hello, Grisham -- So Long, Hemingway? With Shelf Space Prized, Fairfax Libraries Cull Collections
- Lisa Rein
- Washington Post, 02 January 2007
Does this tell us something about the philosophical context in which the Fairfax County library management is operating?
What do you think about how Arlington County is considering the problem?
Read some of the comments posted about the article and ponder the philosophical context of the posters.
Literature review
There are three different interpretations in the literature review
- which one appeals to you the most?
- are any of them invalid?
- or do you have another take on the topic?
The Role of the Public Library in American Life
- Does Harris make you angry?
- Do you agree with him, or do you find him to have missed the point?
- Is his viewpoint worth considering thirty+ years later?
- Memphis Public Library & Information Center
- how does this library seem to fit into Harris' characterization of the "role of the public library" in the life of the city of Memphis?
View from someone you might want to get to know
- Poverty, Democracy and Public Libraries by Kathleen de la Peņa McCook, University of South Florida, article from pages: 28-46. Libraries & Democracy: The Cornerstones of Liberty. Ed.Nancy Kranich, American Library Association, 2001
- Rocks in the Whirlpool by Kathleen de la Peņa McCook, Distinguished University Professor, University of South Florida, School of Library and Information Science. May, 2002