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library history books up-for-grabs

  • 1.  library history books up-for-grabs

    Posted Mar 24, 2023 08:52 PM

    Hello, all:

     

    I'm weeding my library history collection to make room for other interests and am hoping some of you might want some of the books below. Happy to pay postage to new homes. Please email me at cmediavi@ucla.edu if interested in any of these.

     

    Cindy Mediavilla

    retired

     

     

    UP-FOR-GRABS:

     

    Castagna, Edwin. Long, Warm Friendship: H.L. Mencken. Peacock Press, 1966. (15 pages)

     

    Choy, Ronald K.H. The Production and Cost of a Free Urban Public Service: Resource Allocation in the Oakland Public Library Branch System. UC Berkeley, 1970. (Ex libris)

     

    Cooper, Michael D. California's Demand for Librarians: Projecting Future Requirements. UC Berkeley, 1978. (Ex libris)

     

    Daedalus: Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, "The American Reading Public." Winter 1963. (shelf worn)

     

    Daniels. Walter M., ed. The Censorship of Books. The Reference Shelf, vol.26, no. 5. HW Wilson, 1954. (Ex libris)

     

    David, Donald G., ed. Libraries & Culture: Proceedings of Library History Seminar VI, 19-22 March 1980, Austin, Texas. Reprinted from Journal of Library History, v. 16, nos. 1&2. University of Texas Press, 1981. (slight foxing)

     

    Fersh, George and Mildred. Bessie Moore: A Biography. August House, 1986. (slight foxing)

     

    Henne, Frances, Alice Brooks and Ruth Ersted, eds. Youth, Communication and Libraries: Papers Presented Before the Library Institute at the University of Chicago, August 11-16, 1947. ALA, 1949. (Ex libris)

     

    Katz, Bill and Ruth A. Fraley, eds. Reference Services for Children and Young Adults. Haworth Press, 1983. (Ex libris)

     

    Kronus, Carol L. and Linda Crowe. Libraries and Neighborhood Information Centers. University of Illinois Graduate School of Library Science, 1972. (Ex libris)

     

    Martinez, Elizabeth Irene. A Jaguar in the Library: The Story of the First Chicana Librarian. Floricanto Press, 2020.

     

    Seaver, Barry W. A True Politician: Rebecca Browning Rankin, Municipal Reference Librarian of the City of New York, 1920-1952. McFarland, 2004.

     

    Shores, Louis, ed. Challenges to Librarianship. Florida State University, 1953. (Ex libris)

     

    Sinclair, Dorothy. Administration of the Small Public Library, 2d ed. ALA, 1979. (Ex libris)

     

    Special Libraries Association. Public Administration Libraries: A Manual of Practice. Public Administration Service, 1948. (Ex libris)

     

    Wilson, Martha, ed. School Library Experience. HW Wilson, 1925. (Ex libris)

     

    Wilson, Martha. School Library Management, 4th ed. HW Wilson, 1925. (Ex libris)

     

    Young, Virginia G. The Library Trustee: A Practical Guidebook. Bowker, 1969. (Ex libris)