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xiv, 210 pages ; 24 cm. |
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| Summary |
Drawing on first-hand experiences from six years of professional work as a librarian in high-poverty neighborhoods of Washington, DC, as well as interviews and research, the author highlights the national problems that have existed in libraries since they were founded-racism, segregation and class inequalities. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-201) and index. |
| Contents |
Becoming. Northwest one ; Omnium lux civium ; So, what do you do? ; The library from "l" -- Empathy. Can you help me? ; Cold mercy ; For whom ; Burning out -- Reckoning. An education ; Libraries will (not) save us ; Multiphrenia ; The future of the American public library. |
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Public libraries -- Political aspects.
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Public libraries -- Social aspects.
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Public libraries -- United States.
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Public librarians -- Biography.
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Oliver, Amanda.
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| Added Title |
Reckoning with the public library |
| ISBN |
9781641605311 |
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1641605316 |
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