Public Library Services and the Humanities

FAIN: GP-10459-78

Indiana Library Association (Indianapolis, IN 46208)
Susan Cady (Project Director: March 1978 to present)

Project to improve public library staff expertise in the humanities, public library humanities collections, and public library humanities programming by implementing four programs: 1) summer humanist-in- residence in public libraries, 2) series of seminar updates in specific humanities subjects or public policy issues, 3) workshop on planning effective public programs in the humanities, 4) 5-day summer institute for librarians on humanities topic. 900 librarians will attend seminars over 2-year period, 60 librarians will attend workshops: summer institutes will involve 40 librarians.