Name: Juliana's review of Part of Our Lives by Wayne A. Wiegand
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Wayne A. Wiegand

"Part of Our Lives challenges the conventional idea that public libraries are valuable mostly because they are essential to democracy. Instead, this book uses the voices of generations of public library users to argue that Americans have loved their libraries for the useful information they make accessible; the public spaces they provide; and the commonplace reading materials they supply that help users make sense of the world around them."--

A People's History of the American Public Library

Part of Our Lives

Juliana

Ron Bronson

A fantastic & detailed look into the ways libraries have evolved along with American life. It was particularly fascinating to discover the eclectic ways libraries have worked to serve their audiences over the years, as well as the evolution of providing equal access to all citizens at libraries regardless of their race, gender, age or ethnicity. 

I've long thought that if public libraries had been conceived now, they would not be what they are now. It's amazing they've persisted as a public good through World Wars, the Depression and civil rights era.

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