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Public Libraries Mar/Apr 1997

Volume 36, No. 2

Ellen Altman, Feature Editor
Kathleen Hughes, Managing Editor

Features

The Presidential Libraries: A Growing Resource
Pat Hyland

Taking Advantage of an Advantage: Public Libraries and an Opportunity for Cultural Leadership
Nancy Milnor Smith

Three in Five Public Library Users are Youth: Implications of Survey Results from the National Center for Education Statistics
Mary K. Chelton

The Public Library Planning Process: Staff and Citizen Involvement Revisited
Annabel K. Stephens

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