Has the American public library lost its purpose?

Authors

Gordon B. Neavill, Wayne State UniversityFollow
Daniel F. Ring, Oakland University, Rochester, MI
Helaine Dauphinais, Thompson Public Library, Thompson, CT

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Should 'Sex' be available at the public library? The issue of Madonna's book and the real purpose of the public library rages on in this three-way debate between a critic of "give-'em-what-they-want" selection policies, the director and trustees of a small public library, and a library historian.

Disciplines

Library and Information Science

Comments

This article is the publisher's PDF version, previously appearing in Public Libraries 33 (July/August 1994), pp. 191-196.

Recommended Citation

Ring, D. F., Dauphinais, H., & Neavill, G. B. (1994). Has the American public library lost its purpose? Public Libraries, 33(July/August), 191-196.