Part of Our Lives: A People's History of the American Public Library
submitted by Marvin's Underground Evening Lectures
on 10/07/18
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The public library is a "part of our lives," argues a new book on the history of American libraries as told through the testimonies of those who use them. Library historian Wayne A. Wiegand makes the case for why the library has survived and flourished in the 21st century, "despite dire predictions in the late 20th century that public libraries would not survive the turn of the millennium." Speaker Biography: Wayne A. Wiegand is the F. William Summers professor emeritus at the School of Information at Florida State University and one of the nation's leading library historians. For transcript and more information, visit www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=7171
