Public Libraries Mar/Apr 1998

Volume 37, No. 2

Ellen Altman, Feature Editor
Kathleen Hughes, Managing Editor

Features

Self-Service: An Exploratory Study
Robert F. Carey and Lynne McKechnie

Public Participation in Strategic Planning of Library Service: Soliciting, Assessing, and Balancing Community and Staff Input
Matthew L. Saxton and Ruth D. Greiner

Security Issues in the Public Libraries of Three Midwestern States
Michael Lorenzen

In Every Issue

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

Plus...

Verso—Bestseller Blend: Starbucks and the Library
Leo MacLeod

PLDS Statistical report ’97 Infographic

Index to Advertisers