Center for the Book Publications List

Libraries and the Promotion of Libraries

For the Love of Libraries: A Book of Postcards (1998)
Author: Diane Asséo Griliches
Description: 30 p. A book of 30 postcards published by Pomegranate Calendars & Books, featuring photographs and anecdotes taken from Diane Asséo Griliches’ “Library: The Drama Within.” Introduction by John Y. Cole.
Links: News release (June 22, 1998) | LCIB coverage (57.9)

Interpreting the Past, Shaping the Future: Library Hosts Symposium on National Libraries (December 2000)
Author: Gail Fineberg, Tracy Arcaro
Description: Article from LCIB issue 59.12 describing the proceedings of a bicentennial symposium on October 23-26, 2000 about the history and future of national libraries. Unpublished papers from this symposium are available at the Center for the Book.
Links: Full article | News release (April 27, 1998)

The Knowledge Institutions in the Information Age: The Special Case of the Public Library (1988)
Author: R. Kathleen Molz
Description: 23 p. Viewpoint No. 21. An exploration of the public library’s role as an institution of knowledge and its relevance in the new technological age.
Links: LC catalog entry | Full text through HathiTrust

Library: The Drama Within (1996)
Author: Diane Asséo Griliches
Description: 144 p. 60 black and white photographs of libraries and literacy centers across the world with explanatory text, featuring an introduction by Daniel J. Boorstin. Published by The University of New Mexico Press in association with the Center for the Book. Reprinted in 2008 by Bunker Hill Publishing, with a new introduction by John Y. Cole.
Links: LC catalog entry | LCIB coverage (issue 56.7)

Promoting Libraries, 1980-2002 (November 2002)
Author: John Y. Cole
Description: Article from LCIB issue 61.11 summarizing the Center for the Book’s library promotion activities on the occasion of its 25th anniversary.
Links: Full article

Winning Ideas for Friends Groups (January 1984)
Author: John Y. Cole
Description: Article from LCIB issue 43.5 (p. 27-28) reporting on a January 9, 1984 forum co-sponsored with Friends of Libraries U.S.A. at the Library of Congress.
Links: Full article