1977: Children's Services of Public Libraries

Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no. 23, 1977); Edited by Selma K. Richardson

The twenty-third institute was held at Allerton Park from Sunday, November 13 through Wednesday, November 16, 1977. In the secluded setting of Allerton House, some of the leaders in the field were gathered to focus attention upon the totality that is children's services of public libraries. Viewpoints regarding the present status and future directions of children's services were shared in an attempt to answer the big and reflective questions a profession must retreat to ask itself once in awhile: What are we doing? Why? For whom? How? The sequence of the program and the simple but comprehensive speech titles reflect the intent of the institute to grapple with the major elements of children's services.

The complete text of the Institute is available here as well as the individual papers. The papers included here are:

• Goals Of Public Library Services For Children - Peggy A . Sullivan
• Education And Children's Ways Of Knowing - Bernard Spodek
• Teaching Children About Reading - George F. Canney
• The Children's Librarian As Viewed By Library School Educators - Spencer G. Shaw
• The Children's Librarian As Viewed By Heads Of Children's Services - Carolyn W. Field
• The Children's Librarian As Viewed By Library Administrators - William Chait
• The Children's Librarian As Viewed By Children - Norma L. Rogers
  
• The Children's Librarian As Viewed By Adults Served By Children's Services - Faith H. Hektoen
• The Children's Librarian As Viewed By Professional Associations - Mary Jane Anderson
• Services Of Small Public Libraries - Bridget L. Lamont
• Services Of Medium-Sized Public Libraries - Amy Kellman
• Services Of Large Public Libraries - Barbara Rollock
• Services To Preschoolers And Adults - Amy Kellman
• Services To Ethnic And Racial Minority Groups - Barbara Rollock
• Library Facilities For Children - Margaret Bush
• Library Materials For Children - Dudley B. Carlson and Margaret Mary Kimmel
• Keeping out of Trouble: Research And Children's Services Of Public Libraries - Mary E. Kingsbury
• Reactions By A Recent Library School Graduate - Bonnie S. Fowler
• Reactions By A Retired Leader - Mildred L. Batchelder
• Reactions By A School Librarian - Carol N. Fuller
• Reactions By A Public Library Administrator - Alexander W. Todd, Jr
• Summary - Herbert Goldhor
  

The Proceedings of the Allerton Park Institute have been digitized through the Open Content Alliance at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.