This critical content analysis of 32 public library mission statements focuses on the roles and standpoints constructed and naturalized through mission statement rhetoric, including the reality claims, metaphors, subject positions, and formulas used to create them. The analysis examines who created the ...
This study uses a qualitative analysis of library mission statements and additional role-related documents to determine what a sample of large public library systems in North Carolina are declaring to be their roles today. These declared roles are also compared to the roles and service responses des...
This critical content analysis of 32 public library mission statements focuses on the roles and standpoints constructed and naturalized through mission statement rhetoric, including the reality claims, metaphors, subject positions, and formulas used to create them. The analysis examines who created the ...
Outdoor pick up in our secure boxes can be scheduled any time during library hours. Mission Statement: The Poultney Public Library collects, maintains, and makes available to all members of the community resources that contribute to personal, educational
Odell Public Library Our Mission Statement We believe in the pursuit of lifelong learning. We inspire our community by offering current and classic materials, fresh and unique programming as well as up-to-date technology We encourage our patrons and
1The mission and purposes ofthe public library‘The public library, the local gateway to knowledge, provides a basiccondition for lifelong learning, independent decision-making and cul-tural development of the individual and social groups.’(IFLA/UNESCO Public Library Manifesto, 1994)1.1 IntroductionTh...
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DPLA (Digital Public Library of America) Recommitting to DPLA’s Mission in a Year of Transition eLife eLife appoints Timothy Behrens as Editor-in-Chief Library of Congress How to Browse All Digitized Titles in Chronicling America Make Data Count Advancing Data Metrics in 2025! MIT Press […]...
leisure interests and much more. The community’s need for up-to-date technology came to the forefront in the summer of 2015 when a diverse group of citizens developed a Strategic Long Range Plan for the library for 2016-2020. The library’s mission statement, the Strategic Long Range Plan...
PUBLIC STATEMENTNo abstract is available for this article.doi:10.1111/j.1758-6631.1999.tb00146.xBlackwell Publishing LtdInternational Review of Mission