“Public Libraries and Their Communities: An Introduction” by Kay Cassell

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Public Libraries and Their Communities: An Introduction provides an overview of public librarianship today. 

It covers library organization, policy development, staffing, fiscal organization including funding sources and budgets, the legal framework, relationships with local and state governments, advocacy, services and service development for different age groups and for different groups of users, development of programming and outreach, collection development, promotion and marketing, and current issues and trends.