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Libraries, Immigrants, and the American Experience: Contributions in Librarianship and Information Science

Autor Plummer A. Jones
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 ian 1999 – vârsta până la 17 ani
From 1876 to 1924-a period of free immigration-the mission of the American public library in its work with immigrants was to Americanize the immigrants by teaching them English and preparing them for citizenship. From 1924 to 1948-a period of restricted immigration-the mission of the American public library in its work with immigrants was to educate the adult immigrant and to internationalize the American community. Together, the public library and the immigrant community have shaped and perpetuated the national understanding of the value of ethnicity and internationalism to American society. The American public librarians took on the roles of advocates for immigrant rights, social workers, propagandists for the American way, and educators.At the end of the twentieth century, as at the beginning, Americans are still debating the place of immigrants in American society. Public librarians are now as they were then, going about their duties and responsibilities of providing advice and materials to help immigrants, legal and illegal, cope with everyday life in America. The American public library has remained a sovereign alchemist, turning the base metal of immigrant potentialities into the gold of American realities.
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ISBN-13: 9780313307690
ISBN-10: 0313307695
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.51 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
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Locul publicării:New York, United States

Notă biografică

PLUMMER ALSTON JONES, JR.is Associate Professor of Library Science, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina. He received the first biennial Phyllis Dain Library History Dissertation Award in 1993 from the ALA Library History Round Table for his dissertation, American Public Library Services to the Immigrant Community, 1876-1948. His book, Libraries, Immigrants, and the American Experience, was published in 1999 by Greenwood Press. For his service as North Carolina Library Association President (1999-2001) and on the State Library Commission (1997-2001), he was made a member of the Order of the Long Leaf Pine by North Carolina Governor Michael F. Easley in 2002. He was presented the 2004 David Cohen/EMIERT Multicultural Award by the ALA Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table for his research and publications on multiculturalism in libraries.

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AbbreviationsIntroductionLibraries, Immigrants, and Free Immigration, 1876-1924The Librarian as Advocate: Jane Maud Campbell, 1869-1947The Publisher as Propagandist: John Foster Carr, 1869-1939Libraries, Immigrants, and Restricted Immigration, 1924-1948The Librarian as Social Worker: Eleanor (Edwards) Ledbetter, 1870-1954The Librarian as Educator: Edna Phillips, 1890-1968ConclusionSelected BibliographyIndex