Why do we need a public library?

Author(s): Various

Genre(s): Culture & Heritage Fiction, *non-fiction

Narrators: Michele Fry, E. J. Hancock, Melissa Perry, Amelia Chesley, Availle, Phil Schempf, Isabelle Lin, VfkaBT, Scotty Smith, Nathan Rosquist, Gerwin Kramer, Kalynda, Maria Kasper, Alitheia, Colleen McMahon

Number of Chapters: 32

Length: 16 hours and 25 minutes

Language: English

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

Why do we need a public library? Part 1 (Michele Fry)

Why do we need a public library? Part 2 (Michele Fry)

Why do we need a public library? Part 3 (Michele Fry)

The world of books and the world's work, by Henry E. Legler (E. J. Hancock)

The Companionship of Books, by Arthur Bostwick (Melissa Perry)

The Two Fundamentals, by Mary Salome Cutler (Amelia Chesley)

Relation of the State to the Public Library, by Melvil Dewey (Amelia Chesley)

Cooperation between Library and Community, by M. Anna Tarbell (Amelia Chesley)

The Reformed Librarie-Keeper, by John Dury (Availle)

Libraries in the Medieval and Renaissance Periods by John Willis Clark (Phil Schempf)

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, Ch 1 (French) (Isabelle Lin)

The Negro Vote in the States Whose Constitutions Have Not Been Specifically Revised, by John Hope (VfkaBT)

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, Ch 11 (Scotty Smith)

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, 'Of Ideas In General' Ch 1, by John Locke (VfkaBT)

Idea of a Transcendental Logic. I. Of Logic in General, by Immanuel Kant (Scotty Smith)

Zoonomia Section XIV. Of The Production Of Ideas, by Erasmus Darwin (VfkaBT)

The Analects, by Confucius - Section I (Nathan Rosquist)

The Awakening, Ch 7, by Kate Chopin (VfkaBT)

The Dead Are Silent by Arthur Schnitzler (Availle)

The Free Public Library, by Thomas W. Higginson. (Gerwin Kramer)

Some Popular Objections to Public Libraries, by Frederick Poole (Michele Fry)

The Function of a Town Library, by Josiah P. Quincy (Michele Fry)

The Library and the Social Centre, by Lutie Eugenia Stearns. (VfkaBT)

How to Use a Library, by James Mascarene Hubbard. (Kalynda)

Where Neighbors Meet, by Margery Closey Quigley. (Maria Kasper)

The immigrant in the library, by Mary Antin (Alitheia)

On the Supply of Printed Books from the Library to the Reading Room, Part 1, by Anthony Panizzi (VfkaBT)

On the Supply of Printed Books from the Library to the Reading Room, Part 2, by Anthony Panizzi (VfkaBT)

The Rights of Man by Thomas Paine, Response to Burke part 1 (Colleen McMahon)

The Rights of Man by Thomas Paine, Response to Burke part 2 (Colleen McMahon)

The Rights of Man by Thomas Paine, Response to Burke part 3 (Colleen McMahon)

The Rights of Man by Thomas Paine, Response to Burke part 4 (Colleen McMahon)

The audiobook Why do we need a public library? falls under the genres of Culture & Heritage Fiction, *non-fiction. It is written by Various.

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