The public library start-up guide /

The public library start-up guide /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Hage, Christine Lind.
Imprint:	Chicago : American Library Association, 2004.
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 166 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Public libraries -- Administration -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Public libraries -- United States -- Administration -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Public libraries -- Administration. United States. Handbooks and manuals.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11129150

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ISBN:	0838998569 9780838998564 9780838908662 0838908667 0838908667
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	An estimated thirteen million people in the U.S. are not served by a public library. This presents opportunities for creating new libraries. Involving complex, timeconsuming, and expensive decisions, the prospect of starting a library without the right direction seems overwhelming. The Public Library Start-Up Guide provides a framework for success from looking at the big strategic picture to picking the furniture. Expert library director and author Christine Hage offers a succinct, nontechnical, and step-by-step approach covering all the practical issues for library professionals as well as non.
Other form:	Print version: Hage, Christine Lind. Public library start-up guide. Chicago : American Library Association, 2004 0838908667

Table of Contents:

Public libraries : the people's library
Establishing the library
Building the team
Securing library financing
Shaping the organization
Taking care of business
Planning for the long term
Participating in cooperative arrangements
Building the perfect library
Furnishing and equipping a public library
Developing the collection
Planning and developing services
Promoting the library.