The public library start-up guide

• Main Author: Hage, Christine Lind (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago American Library Association 2004
• Subjects: Public libraries > Handbooks, manuals, etc > Administration; Public libraries > Handbooks, manuals, etc > Administration > United States
• Online Access: Click Here to View Status and Holdings.
• Physical Description: ix, 166 pages illustrations 23 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 0838908667; 9780838908662

An estimated thirteen million people in the U.S. are not served by a public library. This presents opportunities for creating new libraries. Involving complex, timeconsuming, and expensive decisions, the prospect of starting a library without the right direction seems overwhelming.The Public Library Start-Up Guide provides a framework for success from looking at the big strategic picture to picking the furniture. Expert library director and author Christine Hage offers a succinct, nontechnical, and step-by-step approach covering all the practical issues for library professionals as well as non.