General

Issues and initiatives around support, expansion and preservation of libraries and their services.

Click here to read the history and management of libraries from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library#History Amy Sample Ward

A library is a collection of information resources and services, organized for use, and maintained by a public body, institution, or private individual. In...

Findings

Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki "This wiki was created to be a one-stop-shop for great ideas and information for all types of librarians. All over ...

funding problems for libraries from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library#Funding_problems

Libraries are Miscellaneous

November 12, 2009 The Other Librarian A good round ...

Interesting (and thorough!) study of the economic value of libraries... Even though published in UK as a dissertation, worth checking out for libraries everywhere: ...

Resources

Where to start

Of all the People & Organizations involved with Libraries, who knows most? What are the best contacts for people just starting out on this topic?

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People & Organizations

Here are all the People & Organizations working on Libraries:

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Supporting Foundations and Affinity Groups

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Other

Click here for a listing of all public libraries in Oregon: http://www.publiclibraries.com/oregon.htm Amy Sample Ward Multnomah County Library Did you know that ...

Making a Library Catalogue Part of the Semantic Web by Martin Malmsten (PDF): http://www.kb.se/dokument/Libris/artiklar/Project%20report-final.pdf

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