Public
Libraries, Communities, and Technology

Council on Library Resources
November 1996

Recently, the Council has been interested in addressing
the challenges public libraries face in an era of information revolution
and the implications of these challenges for the education of the
library profession. With a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation,
it has established a program to take a closer look at public libraries
and determine the most useful avenues for developing leaders, building
networks within the library and information science communities,
and strengthening the dialog among the people who use and support
public libraries.Within this Kellogg program, the Council has gathered information
on public libraries that have developed particularly innovative
services, that use emerging technologies to serve the local community,
or that have been influential in addressing public policy for information
services in their communities. In the long term, the Council plans
to use the information gathered to guide the development of programs
that will enhance library leadership.Supported by a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Introduction to the Public Libraries, Communities,
and Technology Project

Analysis of the Case Studies

Case Studies: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn,
New York; Broward County Library, Fort
Lauderdale, Florida; Camden County Library, Voorhees,
New Jersey; Cedar Falls Public Library,
Cedar Falls, Iowa; Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg
County, Charlotte, North Carolina; Jefferson-Madison Regional Library,
Charlottesville, Virginia; Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland,
Ohio; Georgetown County Library, Georgetown,
South Carolina; Livingston County Library, Chillicothe,
Missouri; Mid-Peninsula Library Cooperative,
Iron Mountain, Michigan; Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Seattle Public Library, Seattle,
Washington
Appendices: Letter to Public Libraries, June 2, 1995; Selected Library Statistics; Related Resources

Public Libraries, Communities, and Technology: Twelve Case Studies

Public
Libraries, Communities, and Technology

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