Contemporary Library Planning: A Report of the Fourth Institute on Public Library Management Held on the University of Wisconsin Campus, Madison, July 28, 29, 30, 1952.

1954 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-65
Author(s):  
Amy Winslow
Keyword(s):  
Public Library ◽  
Library Management ◽  
University Of Wisconsin ◽  
Public Library Management ◽  
The University

scholarly journals Baraboo Reads

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Treasa Bane
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
School Library ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Community Action ◽  
Small Communities ◽  
Anti Semitism ◽  
University Of Wisconsin ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

After an incident of anti-Semitism occurring at the Baraboo (WI) High School, the Baraboo community initiated a Community Action Plan. Baraboo Reads, a collaborative effort between the University of Wisconsin-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County campus, Baraboo Public Library, Baraboo High School library, and middle school library, became a part of that action plan. As an academic librarian, I was involved in the planning, budgeting, and selection for Baraboo Reads. The Baraboo Reads was a complacent failure, but there is much to be learned about the impact of these types of incidents on small communities and how larger efforts toward inclusivity can be learned from such failures.

The Master’s in Library and Information Studies Program via Distance at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

2013 ◽  
pp. 222-228
Author(s):  
Debra Shapiro
Keyword(s):  
Public Library ◽  
Course Delivery ◽  
Delivery Methods ◽  
Web Based ◽  
University Of Wisconsin ◽  
Library And Information Studies ◽  
Information Studies ◽  
History Of ◽  
Course Delivery Methods ◽  
The University

A narrative history of the development of the online Master’s degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS), from its inception in collaboration with an Illinois public library system, to its current, fully online iteration is given. In addition, course delivery methods, from videoconferencing to Web-based methods, are outlined, and other details of the program are described.

An Unbalanced and Inadequate Development of the Chinese Public Libraries’ Public Culture Services: An Investigation of 31 Senior Library Specialists

Libri ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan Zhao ◽  
Yi Wan ◽  
Jiao Chun
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Government Expenditure ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Cultural Products ◽  
Library Management ◽  
Internal Management ◽  
Public Library Management ◽  
Chinese Public

Abstract In response to the new principal contradiction between people’s growing needs for a better life and the inadequate and imbalanced development in different social fields in China, Chinese public libraries have fast developed Public Cultural Services (PCS) to meet users’ needs. This study investigates senior library specialists’ perspectives on unbalanced and inadequate development of Chinese public libraries’ PCS. The study collected data from 31 senior library specialists from 10 provinces or municipalities through online survey. In addition, eight experts from public libraries were also interviewed. The data reveals that the main roles of public libraries providing PCS include ensuring equal access to cultural resources, protecting cultural heritage, developing unique cultural products or service, and promoting public cultural products to ensure cultural diversity. Provincial and prefectural libraries take most of the PCS’ responsibilities while county, township, and village libraries’ responsibilities are less. Moreover, there is unbalanced development and inadequate development of library PCS in China. External factors such as economy development, government expenditure on cultural activities, and education development, and internal factors such as internal management weakness and libraries’ investment on cultural service are the top factors. This means that if Chinese public libraries want to better improve PCS, they should try to seek financial resource support and improve their internal management. This study is valuable for public library management and policymakers at different bureaucratic levels to understand issues of PCS in China. It also helps public libraries better learn their strengths and weaknesses in PCS.

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