The wonderful world of books: Librarians, publishers, and rural readers.

Discusses the book, `The Wonderful World of Books,' published in 1953 which was an inspiration of a collaboration of librarians, publishers, government officials and farm and civic organizations after the Conference on Rural Reading convened in 1951 by the Cooperative Extension Service of the United...

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Publicado en:Libraries & Culture Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 403 - 427
Autor principal: Preer, Jean
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: University of Texas Press Fall97
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Sumario:Discusses the book, `The Wonderful World of Books,' published in 1953 which was an inspiration of a collaboration of librarians, publishers, government officials and farm and civic organizations after the Conference on Rural Reading convened in 1951 by the Cooperative Extension Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. What was discussed at the conference; How the discussions influenced the book; Indepth look at what the book focused on.