Public Libraries Nov/Dec 1997

Volume 36, No. 6

Ellen Altman, Feature Editor
Kathleen Hughes, Managing Editor

Features

Evaluating the Impact of Public Library Storytime Programs Upon the Emergent Literacy of Preschoolers: A Call for Research
Frances Smardo Dowd

A Tale of Two Cities: Erie, PA and Orange, CA
Martin Erlich

The Influence of Television on Reader Choice at Wellington Public Library
Helen Rayner

In Every Issue

Readers Respond
Editor’s Note
Contributors
From the President
Tales from the Front
Perspectives
News from PLA
Section News
On the Agenda
By the Book
New Product News

Plus...

FAX-Back Survey

Verso—The Librarian’s Mutual Aid Society

Committee Volunteer Form

Index to Advertisers