American Studies / Cultural Studies / Library Studies
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Libraries as Agencies of Culture There are more public libraries in the U.S. than McDonald's restaurants. More children participate in library summer reading programs than in Little League baseball Libraries—public, school, and academic libraries—are ubiquitous cultural agencies. Yet how much do we know about the multiple ways that they serve and enrich our culture? These essays explore the role of the library in the life of the reader and the library as a place in the life of its users. Contributors are Thomas Augst, Ari Kelman, Elizabeth Jane Aikin, Ronald J. Zboray and Mary Saracino Zboray, Christine Pawley, Juris Dilevko and Lisa Gottlieb, Jean L. Preer, Jacalyn Eddy, Benjamin Hufbauer, and Emily B. Todd. Thomas Augst is assistant professor of English at the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities. Wayne Wiegand is co-director of the Center for the History of Print Culture in Modern America at the University of Wisconsin–Madison This book is a special issue of the journal American Studies, Volume 42, No. 3 For more on this topic, see the Web site http://slisweb.lis.wisc.edu/~printcul/ |
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