Library Trends articles from June 1995

Library Trends archives from June 1995

Challenges of the rural environment in a global economy. (rural libraries can provide their communities access to the information superhighway)(Rural Libraries and Information Services)
June 22, 1995... ABSTRACT INFORMATION HAS BECOME A CRITICAL part of successful economic development for individuals, businesses, and communities. Lack of access to information was at least partially responsible for rural America's inability to keep up with...

Rural information needs and the role of the public library.(Rural Libraries and Information Services)
June 22, 1995... ABSTRACT The purpose of this article is to highlight some of the conditions affecting rural and small libraries in the United States and to describe their roles in providing information services. For many Americans, the community library...

The funding of rural libraries.(Rural Libraries and Information Services)
June 22, 1995... ABSTRACT FUNDING FOR RURAL LIBRARIES comes from a variety of sources. For the purposes of this article, two funding sources will be discussed: federal and state. Local funding issues are as diverse as the communities in which libraries are...

Role of the public library trustee. (Rural Libraries and Information Services)
June 22, 1995... ABSTRACT This article examines the functions, roles, and responsibilities of the public library trustee in a rural setting. It reviews the basic responsibilities of the library trustee to ensure that the rural library serves the information...

Staffing rural public libraries: the need to invest in intellectual capital.(Rural Libraries and Information Services)
June 22, 1995... INTRODUCTION Before ever considering the problems associated with staffing the rural public library, the question, Do we really need rural public libraries? should be answered. Vavrek (1993), whose insightful scholarship and unquestioned...

Across towns and across time: library service to young people in rural libraries.
June 22, 1995... INTRODUCTION Rural library directors, often working part-time, have to be experts in everything. They may be the only staff member but, even with additional staff, the director has to know the adult as well as the children's collection, be...

Library outreach programs in rural areas.(Rural Libraries and Information Services)
June 22, 1995... THE PROBLEM Library use of outreach programs in rural areas is the focus of this article. The libraries involved are primarily facilities attempting to serve a population so dispersed and distributed as to make major use of a central...

Rural public libraries in multitype library cooperatives.(Rural Libraries and Information Services)
June 22, 1995... ABSTRACT COOPERATION AMONG LIBRARIES is a practice that supports information service to patrons of all libraries. This article will examine the historical overview of cooperative efforts, the roles identified for the cooperative library...

The Rural Information Center assists local communities.(Rural Libraries and Information Services)
June 22, 1995... ABSTRACT THE INFORMATION CAP BETWEEN rural and urban areas became a growing concern to rural citizens during the farm crisis of the mid-1980s. Local officials and community leaders expressed to their congressional representatives their fear...

The library and wired communities in rural areas.(Rural Libraries and Information Services)
June 22, 1995... ABSTRACT The future of libraries in rural areas of the United States is tied to the future of the communities which they serve. As the telecommunications landscape continues to shift, these communities have opportunities to decrease their...

Pathways to tomorrow's service: the future of rural libraries.(Rural Libraries and Information Services)
June 22, 1995... ABSTRACT THIS ARTICLE IS AN EXAMINATION of the forces and trends, the imperatives and the options, affecting the future of rural libraries. It explores shifts in rural library constituencies, the varied factors--including funding and...