Library Trends articles from June 2002

Library Trends archives from June 2002

Introduction.(Editorial)
June 22, 2002... THE HISTORY OF LIBRARY SERVICE to labor unions is a long-standing one. It is thus somewhat surprising that, up to now, this has also been a largely undocumented history. This issue is the brainchild of a committee with an unusual...

Library service to unions: a historical overview.
June 22, 2002... ABSTRACT AMERICAN PUBLIC LIBRARIES and labor unions began their institutional development during the nineteenth century as communities developed and prospered across the nation. Both institutions had strong democratic ideals and a firm...

Service to the labor community: a pubic library perspective.
June 22, 2002... ABSTRACT SINCE THE EARLIEST DAYS OF THE NATION, American workers have been viewed as primary beneficiaries of the establishment of the free public library. They have been the focus of public library development, whether for the...

A fifty-five year partnership: ALA and the AFL-CIO.(American Library Association, American Federation of Labor, Congress of Industrial Organizations)
June 22, 2002... ABSTRACT IN 1946, THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (ALA) established with the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) the Joint Committee on Library Service to Labor Groups. Since then, the...

The information needs of local union officials.
June 22, 2002... ABSTRACT A QUESTIONNAIRE WAS DISTRIBUTED tO local union officials in a Midwestern state in order to determine the information needs of local union officials and how they go about satisfying those needs. It was hypothesized that the...

The evolution of research and information services at the American Federation of Teachers.
June 22, 2002... ABSTRACT TECHNOLOGY HAS ENABLED RESEARCHERS in unions, trade groups, and professional organizations to shift in focus toward using information and away from collection and distribution. The expansion of the Internet and online database...

Librarians and working families: bridging the information divide.
June 22, 2002... ABSTRACT ACCESS TO WEB SITES, E-MAIL, and other Internet technology is the biggest barrier that working people face to using the Internet as a vehicle to improve their lives. Libraries, with their computers wired for the Internet and...

Preserving the historical record of American labor: union-library archival services partnerships, recent trends, and future prospects.
June 22, 2002... ABSTRACT THE ARCHIVAL RECORDS OF American labor institutions are a rich resource for the studies of American history, society, and culture. Not only can a researcher find evidence for the institutional history of unions by examining...

Simple exhibits, effective learning: presenting the United Farm Workers' experience on the World Wide Web.
June 22, 2002... ABSTRACT THERE IS A RELATIVE DEARTH OF INFORMATION on the WorldWide Web about labor unions and labor history. One notable exception is an online exhibit, entitled "La Causa--The History of the United Farm Workers," which was created by...

Labor on campus: academic library service to labor groups.
June 22, 2002... ABSTRACT THIS PAPER EXAMINES ACADEMIC LIBRARY SERVICE TO LABOR GROUPS, particularly in the area of Internet training. An informal survey of fifty-three academic libraries in schools with labor study programs throughout the United States...