Public library services for the poor
Subtitle: doing all we can
By: Glen E. Holt and Leslie Edmonds Holt.
Contributors: Holt, Leslie Edmonds.
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780838910504
Subjects: Libraries and the poor -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A library commitment to the poor; title: Ambivalences about poverty; title: Doing our people's work; title: Getting started : success principles; title: Getting started : service continuum; title: What keeps poor people from using libraries?; title: Communicating with poor constituents; title: Finding help for your poor : a librarian's guide; title: General library programs that help the poor; title: General services : pacs and their implications; title: Specific library services that help the poor; title: The homeless : how should our libraries help them?; title: Partnerships and collaborations that enrich library services to the poor; title: Evaluating library services to the poor; title: Poverty and library essentiality.