Books
Needed: A Public Purpose
– In The Public Library and the City, Ralph W. Conant, ed., Cambridge: M.I.T. Press, 1965, pp. 102-113.Some Alternatives for the Public Library
– In The Metropolitan Library, Ralph W. Conant and Kathleen Molz, eds., Cambridge: M.I.T. Press, 1972, pp. 89-100. Reprinted in Edward C. Banfield, Here the People Rule: Selected Essays (Washington, DC: AEI, 1991).Abstract: The public library has more users and more money today than ever before, but it lacks a purpose. It is trying to do some things that it probably cannot do, and it is doing others… More
Book review of “The Public Library in the 1980’s: The Problems of Choice”
– in The Public Interest, Vol. 73, Fall 1983, pp. 138-141.Excerpt: THE public library is one of those institutions-others include the museum and the park-that are peculiarly American. As such it has special claim on our attention. As invented by… More
Essays
Needed: A Public Purpose
– In The Public Library and the City, Ralph W. Conant, ed., Cambridge: M.I.T. Press, 1965, pp. 102-113.Some Alternatives for the Public Library
– In The Metropolitan Library, Ralph W. Conant and Kathleen Molz, eds., Cambridge: M.I.T. Press, 1972, pp. 89-100. Reprinted in Edward C. Banfield, Here the People Rule: Selected Essays (Washington, DC: AEI, 1991).Abstract: The public library has more users and more money today than ever before, but it lacks a purpose. It is trying to do some things that it probably cannot do, and it is doing others… More
Book review of “The Public Library in the 1980’s: The Problems of Choice”
– in The Public Interest, Vol. 73, Fall 1983, pp. 138-141.Excerpt: THE public library is one of those institutions-others include the museum and the park-that are peculiarly American. As such it has special claim on our attention. As invented by… More
Commentary
Needed: A Public Purpose
– In The Public Library and the City, Ralph W. Conant, ed., Cambridge: M.I.T. Press, 1965, pp. 102-113.Some Alternatives for the Public Library
– In The Metropolitan Library, Ralph W. Conant and Kathleen Molz, eds., Cambridge: M.I.T. Press, 1972, pp. 89-100. Reprinted in Edward C. Banfield, Here the People Rule: Selected Essays (Washington, DC: AEI, 1991).Abstract: The public library has more users and more money today than ever before, but it lacks a purpose. It is trying to do some things that it probably cannot do, and it is doing others… More
Book review of “The Public Library in the 1980’s: The Problems of Choice”
– in The Public Interest, Vol. 73, Fall 1983, pp. 138-141.Excerpt: THE public library is one of those institutions-others include the museum and the park-that are peculiarly American. As such it has special claim on our attention. As invented by… More
Multimedia
Needed: A Public Purpose
– In The Public Library and the City, Ralph W. Conant, ed., Cambridge: M.I.T. Press, 1965, pp. 102-113.Some Alternatives for the Public Library
– In The Metropolitan Library, Ralph W. Conant and Kathleen Molz, eds., Cambridge: M.I.T. Press, 1972, pp. 89-100. Reprinted in Edward C. Banfield, Here the People Rule: Selected Essays (Washington, DC: AEI, 1991).Abstract: The public library has more users and more money today than ever before, but it lacks a purpose. It is trying to do some things that it probably cannot do, and it is doing others… More
Book review of “The Public Library in the 1980’s: The Problems of Choice”
– in The Public Interest, Vol. 73, Fall 1983, pp. 138-141.Excerpt: THE public library is one of those institutions-others include the museum and the park-that are peculiarly American. As such it has special claim on our attention. As invented by… More
Teaching
Needed: A Public Purpose
– In The Public Library and the City, Ralph W. Conant, ed., Cambridge: M.I.T. Press, 1965, pp. 102-113.Some Alternatives for the Public Library
– In The Metropolitan Library, Ralph W. Conant and Kathleen Molz, eds., Cambridge: M.I.T. Press, 1972, pp. 89-100. Reprinted in Edward C. Banfield, Here the People Rule: Selected Essays (Washington, DC: AEI, 1991).Abstract: The public library has more users and more money today than ever before, but it lacks a purpose. It is trying to do some things that it probably cannot do, and it is doing others… More
Book review of “The Public Library in the 1980’s: The Problems of Choice”
– in The Public Interest, Vol. 73, Fall 1983, pp. 138-141.Excerpt: THE public library is one of those institutions-others include the museum and the park-that are peculiarly American. As such it has special claim on our attention. As invented by… More