Public library systems in the United States

Author

Alfred Baird, University of Northern Iowa

Availability

Open Access Graduate Research Paper

Abstract

The term "public library systems" has different meanings for both the lay and professional person. To the writer, it meant a large municipal system such as the Chicago Public Library with its forty-one branches¹ or a cooperative effort of small Iowa libraries working together.

In reviewing the literature concerning library systems, one finds professionals like Kenneth B. Shaffer stating: "The library system has been an accepted as a reasonable and viable concept for half a century ... While we have employed the term, decade after decade, the meaning of the term "library system" has changed significantly to the point, certainly, where it is sematically useless.²

This paper is an attempt to clarify the term and relate facts concerning public library systems in United States.

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Year of Submission

1972

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Department

Department of Library Science

First Advisor

Ada McLeod

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Date Original

7-1972

Object Description

1 PDF file (iii, 27 pages)

Copyright

©1972 Alfred Baird

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Baird, Alfred, "Public library systems in the United States" (1972). Graduate Research Papers. 1760.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/grp/1760