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This book is a collection of 14 essays about librarians, educators, and organizations in the United States that have endeavored to bring library services to groups that previously did not have access. There are three sections: Benevolent and Commercial Organizations, Government Supported Programs, and Innovative Outreach Services. Reading materials for two centuries of rural Louisianians, shipboard libraries for the American navy and merchant marine corps, library outreach to prisoners, the Indiana Township Library Program, 1852-1872, tribal libraries in the lower 48 states, electronic outreach, open-air libraries, and the use of radio in promoting the Municipal Reference Library of the City of New York are some of the essay topics.

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fascinating...highly recommended --Library Journal; fascinating study --Public Library Quarterly; bringing library services to isolated populations has always been a goal of the profession --American Libraries; impressive...very strongly recommended --Midwest Book Review; well researched...a valuable reference --Catholic Library World; significant...provides insights into the social context of libraries...a useful resource --The Australian Library Journal; we live in an information age, yet pockets of people remain underserved because of geographic, socioeconomic, and cultural factors. Anyone who wants a deeper understanding or how people have addressed this challenge historically should pick up a copy of [this book]...entertaining and enlightening...this volume should be required reading by students who are preparing for careers in the information professions and by anyone committed to spanning the gap between margins and mainstream --Libraries & Culture.

fascinating...highly recommended --<i>Library Journal</i>; fascinating study --<i>Public Library Quarterly</i>; bringing library services to isolated populations has always been a goal of the profession --<i>American Libraries</i>; impressive...very strongly recommended --<i>Midwest Book Review</i>; well researched...a valuable reference --<i>Catholic Library World</i>; significant...provides insights into the social context of libraries...a useful resource --<i>The Australian Library Journal</i>; we live in an information age, yet pockets of people remain underserved because of geographic, socioeconomic, and cultural factors. Anyone who wants a deeper understanding or how people have addressed this challenge historically should pick up a copy of [this book]...entertaining and enlightening...this volume should be required reading by students who are preparing for careers in the information professions and by anyone committed to spanning the gap between margins and mainstream --<i>Libraries & Culture.</i>

"""fascinating...highly recommended""--Library Journal; ""fascinating study""--Public Library Quarterly; ""bringing library services to isolated populations has always been a goal of the profession""--American Libraries; ""impressive...very strongly recommended""--Midwest Book Review; ""well researched...a valuable reference""--Catholic Library World; ""significant...provides insights into the social context of libraries...a useful resource""--The Australian Library Journal; ""we live in an information age, yet pockets of people remain underserved because of geographic, socioeconomic, and cultural factors. Anyone who wants a deeper understanding or how people have addressed this challenge historically should pick up a copy of [this book]...entertaining and enlightening...this volume should be required reading by students who are preparing for careers in the information professions and by anyone committed to spanning the gap between margins and mainstream""--Libraries & Culture."

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Robert S. Freeman is a librarian at Purdue University. David M. Hovde is a librarian at Purdue University.

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