Why do we need a public library?


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Internet Archive, which hosts our audio books, is in the midst of their annual fund-raising. They have also begun a drive to provide a mirror site in Canada to ensure IA's availability to all users. The IA is a vast library with millions of public domain books, audio, film, radio, and other media. They also maintain an open library of copyrighted books one can 'check out' by becoming a member with a virtual library card. This collection is devoted to the concept of why we need a public library, the title taken from an essay by Chalmers Hadley, which will be the first entry in this audio book. The rest of the collection is pulled from Project Gutenberg's Library selections. Some are solo essays, most are chapters from selected books on library science and culture. I'm also open to including up to 5 chapters or short works from the list of banned books on PG's site to emphasize the need for a public library. - Summary by Matt Pierard (16 hr 25 min)

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Why do we need a public library? Part 1 34:50 Leído por Michele Fry
Why do we need a public library? Part 2 34:42 Leído por Michele Fry
Why do we need a public library? Part 3 35:26 Leído por Michele Fry
The world of books and the world's work, by Henry E. Legler 39:00 Leído por E. J. Hancock
The Companionship of Books, by Arthur Bostwick 48:48 Leído por Melissa Perry
The Two Fundamentals, by Mary Salome Cutler 17:16 Leído por Amelia Chesley
Relation of the State to the Public Library, by Melvil Dewey 18:38 Leído por Amelia Chesley
Cooperation between Library and Community, by M. Anna Tarbell 16:57 Leído por Amelia Chesley
The Reformed Librarie-Keeper, by John Dury 22:00 Leído por Availle
Libraries in the Medieval and Renaissance Periods by John Willis Clark 55:37 Leído por Phil Schempf
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, Ch 1 (French) 16:53 Leído por Isabelle Lin
The Negro Vote in the States Whose Constitutions Have Not Been Specifically Rev… 33:34 Leído por VfkaBT
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, Ch 11 12:21 Leído por Scotty Smith
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, 'Of Ideas In General' Ch 1, by John Lo… 44:23 Leído por VfkaBT
Idea of a Transcendental Logic. I. Of Logic in General, by Immanuel Kant 8:57 Leído por Scotty Smith
Zoonomia Section XIV. Of The Production Of Ideas, by Erasmus Darwin 46:10 Leído por VfkaBT
The Analects, by Confucius - Section I 5:43 Leído por Nathan Rosquist
The Awakening, Ch 7, by Kate Chopin 18:18 Leído por VfkaBT
The Dead Are Silent by Arthur Schnitzler 41:56 Leído por Availle
The Free Public Library, by Thomas W. Higginson. 10:32 Leído por Gerwin Kramer
Some Popular Objections to Public Libraries, by Frederick Poole 27:09 Leído por Michele Fry
The Function of a Town Library, by Josiah P. Quincy 15:39 Leído por Michele Fry
The Library and the Social Centre, by Lutie Eugenia Stearns. 8:04 Leído por VfkaBT
How to Use a Library, by James Mascarene Hubbard. 21:33 Leído por Kalynda
Where Neighbors Meet, by Margery Closey Quigley. 21:42 Leído por Maria Kasper
The immigrant in the library, by Mary Antin 23:28 Leído por Alitheia
On the Supply of Printed Books from the Library to the Reading Room, Part 1, by… 33:25 Leído por VfkaBT
On the Supply of Printed Books from the Library to the Reading Room, Part 2, by… 28:03 Leído por VfkaBT
The Rights of Man by Thomas Paine, Response to Burke part 1 1:01:16 Leído por Colleen McMahon
The Rights of Man by Thomas Paine, Response to Burke part 2 56:20 Leído por Colleen McMahon
The Rights of Man by Thomas Paine, Response to Burke part 3 58:05 Leído por Colleen McMahon
The Rights of Man by Thomas Paine, Response to Burke part 4 1:08:18 Leído por Colleen McMahon