This is the first public library text to look at the administration of the public library as essentially different from that of other library types. It also emphasizes the crucial nature of advocacy, promotion, and marketing and demonstrates how each public library can identify and meet the needs of its own particular community.
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Kay Ann Cassell is adjunct professor at the Rutgers University Department of Library and Information Science where she teaches a variety of courses including reference and information services, collection development and public libraries. She has worked in public and academic libraries. She has been the director of the Bethlehem (NY) Public Library, the director of the Huntington (NY) Public Library, the director of the New School for Social Research library and the associate director for collections and services at the New York Public Library. As NYPL's associate director of collections and services she oversaw the development of reference services, collections, programs and services for all branches. She has also worked as a coordinator for public library services at the New Jersey State Library and the Westchester Library System. Kay Ann Cassell is the coauthor of Reference and Information Services, an Introduction and the author of Managing Reference Today.
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction and the History of U.S. Public Libraries
Chapter 2: Strategic Planning and the Public Library
Chapter 3: Library Establishment, Policies, and Governance
Chapter 4: Organization and Staffing
Chapter 5: Advocacy, Relationships with External Groups, State and Local Government
Chapter 6: Fiscal Organization of Public Libraries; Funding, Funding Sources and Budgets
Chapter 7: Community and Civic Engagement; Outreach Services
Chapter 8: Services to Children and Young Adults by Lisa Houde
Chapter 9: Services to Adults and Groups of Adults
Chapter 10: Collections and Collection Development
Chapter 11: Marketing and Promotion
Chapter 12: The Post Pandemic Public Library