TY - SER
AU - Anne Campbell
AU - Jeannie Mah
AU - Susan Birley
CY - Regina, Canada
LA - English
N1 - <p>Collection of essays about the public library in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.</p><p>Contents:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Intro</li><li>Foreword: Public Libraries: A Very Short Personal History</li><li>Foreword: Public Library Beginnings in Saskatchewan</li><li>From the Editors&nbsp;</li></ul><p>Part 1. Beginnings, the Chief Librarians and their Terms&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Regina Citizens Petition for a Free Public Library</li><li>J. R. C. Honeyman (1908-1936) and the New Library in Action</li><li>Three Librarians (1937-47) and World War II</li><li>Marjorie Dunlop (1948-72), the Postwar Era, and Moving into the Future</li><li>Ron Yeo (1972-88): A Bookseller Becomes Chief Librarian</li><li>Ken Jensen (1988-98): Financial Restraint and Increased Scrutiny</li><li>Sandy Cameron (1999-2005): Cutbacks and Closures</li><li>Jeff Barber (2005-present): A New Direction&nbsp;</li></ul><p>Part 2. The Library and How It Works&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Behind the Scenes</li><li>Central Public Services, Part 1: Circulation, Information Services, Interlibrary Loan, Film and Audio-Visual Services, and the RPL Film Theatre</li><li>Central Public Services, Part 2: The History of RPL's Children's Services According to Dewey Decimal</li><li>Central Public Services, Part 3: The Prairie History Room</li><li>Community Relations: public relations, writer-in-residence, adult programming, outreach, literacy services, and albert library</li><li>The Central Library Building</li><li>Serving Neighbourhoods: Branch Libraries and Booktrailers</li><li>The Dunlop Art Gallery&nbsp;</li></ul><p>Part 3. Today, Tomorrow, and the Future&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Conclusion: The Regina Public Library in the World of Tomorrow</li><li>Afterword: The Future of the Regina Public Library&nbsp;</li></ul><p>Appendices:</p><ul><li>Appendix A. Board Members: 1908 to 2014 </li><li>Appendix B. Writers-in-Residence </li><li>Appendix C. A Brief History of Libraries from Antiquity to the RPL</li></ul>
PB - University of Regina Press
PP - Regina, Canada
PY - 2017
SN - 9780889774827
EP - 408 pp.
TI - Biblio Files: A History of the Regina Public Library
ER -