@article{bibcite_9218,
  author = {Juris Dilevko and Lisa Gottlieb},
  title = {The Celebration of Health in the Celebration Library},
  abstract = {Starting from the premise that public libraries reflect the intellectual landscapes of their respective communities, we compare the nonfiction print collection of the Celebration, Florida, library with another branch library -  Buenaventura Lakes - in the same Osceola county system and with a standard collection development tool, the Public Library Catalog - used as a benchmark by many public libraries. We argue that the Celebration library contributes to what George Ritzer calls "the new means of consumption." The nonfiction collection of Celebration contains health and fitness books to an extent not found in Buenaventura Lakes or in the Public Library Catalog, thus reflecting the philosophical emphasis of Celebration as a whole. Our analysis of the Celebration library is part of a larger goal to explore the collection development practices of public libraries in small towns of the United States and to interpret their collection choices and emphases as an integral part of the socio-cultural history of each community.
},
  year = {2001},
  journal = {American Studies},
  pages = {105-53},
  note = {Celebration, Florida was originally developed by the Walt Disney company.},
  language = {English},
}