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245 04 The public library :|ba photographic essay /|cRobert 
       Dawson ; foreword by Bill Moyers ; afterword by Ann 
       Patchett ; with reflections by Isaac Asimov, Barbara 
       Kingsolver, Anne Lamott, Philip Levine, Dr. Seuss, Charles
       Simic, Amy Tan, E.B. White and others. 
264  1 New York :|bPrinceton Architectural Press,|c[2014] 
300    191 pages :|billustrations (chiefly color) ;|c24 cm 
336    still image|bsti|2rdacontent 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Includes essays, letters, and poetry by a collection of 
       American writers and librarians. 
504    Includes bibliographical references (page 190). 
520    "Many of us have vivid recollections of childhood visits 
       to the public library: the unmistakable, slightly musty 
       scent, the excitement of checking out a stack of newly-
       discovered books. Today's libraries also function as de 
       facto community centers, and offer free access to the 
       Internet, job-hunting assistance, or a warm place to take 
       shelter along with the endless possibilities that spark 
       your imagination the moment you open the cover of a book. 
       There are more than 17,000 public libraries in America. 
       Over the last eighteen years, photographer Robert Dawson 
       has traveled the nation, documenting hundreds of these 
       institutions--from Alaska to Florida, New England to the 
       West Coast. The Public Library presents a wide selection 
       of Dawson's photographs, revealing a vibrant, essential, 
       yet seriously threatened system. Essays, letters, and 
       poetry by a collection of America's most celebrated 
       writers--including E. B. White, Isaac Asimov, Anne Lamott,
       Amy Tan, Charles Simic, Dr. Seuss, and Philip Levine, as 
       well as the voices of dedicated librarians working today--
       are woven with photographs of the majestic reading room at
       the New York Public Library; the one-room Tulare County 
       Free Library built by former slaves, in Allensworth, 
       California; the architectural wonder of Seattle's glass 
       and steel Central Library; and the Berkeley, California 
       tool lending library; among many others. A foreword by 
       Bill Moyers and an afterword by Ann Patchett bookend this 
       important survey of a treasured American institution"--
       |cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Public libraries|vPictorial works. 
650  0 Public libraries. 
650  0 Libraries and society. 
650  0 Libraries and community. 
650  0 Library users. 
700 12 Dawson, Robert,|d1950-|tPhotographs.|kSelections. 
700 12 Murray, Stuart,|d1948-|tLibrary spirit. 
700 12 Simic, Charles.|td1938-|tCountry without libraries. 
700 12 Morris, David.|tAll hail the public library. 
700 12 Tan, Amy.|tWhat the library means to me. 
700 12 Asimov, Isaac,|d1920-1992.|tLetters to the children of 
       Troy, New York. 
700 12 Kingsolver, Barbara.|tHow Mr. Dewey Decimal saved my life.
700 12 Selders, Kelvin K.|tNortheast Nevada regional bookmobile. 
700 12 Lazard, Dorothy.|tPracticing Seva. 
700 12 Herrera, Luis.|tSpreading enlightenment. 
700 12 Ward, Chip.|tEnriched by what we share.