Main entry:

Dain, Phyllis, author.

Title & Author:

The New York Public Library : a universe of knowledge / Phyllis Dain.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

New York : New York Public Library in association with Scala Publishers, London ; Wappingers' Falls, NY : Distributed in the US and Canada by Antique Collectors' Club Limited, ©2000.

Description:

144 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface / by Paul LeClerc -- Prelude -- 1. "A free library for the use of the people" : predecessors and founders -- A dream fulfilled, 1913-1945 -- 2. "Intellectual hospitality" : the research collections -- 3. "The sovereign hope of learning" : neighborhood library service -- Building libraries in a new world, 1945-2000 -- 4. "An empowering mechanism" : modernization and growth -- 5. "A metaphor for an ideal city" : creating a 21st-century library.

ISBN:

1857592344 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9781857592344 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0871044501 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780871044501 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

New York Public Library History 20th century.
New York Public Library History.
New York Public Library
New York <NY> / Public Library.
Public libraries New York (State) New York History 20th century.
Bibliothèques publiques New York (État) New York Histoire 20e siècle.
Public libraries
Openbare bibliotheken.
New York (State) New York

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 214117
Call No.: NA44.C314.25 N4 2000
Status: Available