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Why do we need a public library?

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Why do we need a public library?

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Internet Archive, which hosts our audio books, is in the midst of their annual fund-raising. They have also begun a drive to provide a mirror site in Canada to ensure IA's availability to all users. The IA is a vast library with millions of public domain books, audio, film, radio, and other media. They also maintain an open library of copyrighted books one can 'check out' by becoming a member with a virtual library card. This collection is devoted to the concept of why we need a public library, the title taken from an essay by Chalmers Hadley, which will be the first entry in this audio book. The rest of the collection is pulled from Project Gutenberg's Library selections. Some are solo essays, most are chapters from selected books on library science and culture. I'm also open to including up to 5 chapters or short works from the list of banned books on PG's site to emphasize the need for a public library. - Summary by Matt Pierard

Year of Publication: Genres: Culture & Heritage Fiction , *Non-fiction
Running Time: 16 hours 25 minutes 03 seconds
#Chapter Name
1
The Nights
Why do we need a public library? Part 1
Michele Fry
34:50
2
The Nights
Why do we need a public library? Part 2
Michele Fry
34:42
3
The Nights
Why do we need a public library? Part 3
Michele Fry
35:26
4
The Nights
The world of books and the world's work, by Henry E. Legler
E. J. Hancock
39:00
5
The Nights
The Companionship of Books, by Arthur Bostwick
Melissa Perry
48:48
6
The Nights
The Two Fundamentals, by Mary Salome Cutler
Amelia Chesley
17:16
7
The Nights
Relation of the State to the Public Library, by Melvil Dewey
Amelia Chesley
18:38
8
The Nights
Cooperation between Library and Community, by M. Anna Tarbell
Amelia Chesley
16:57
9
The Nights
The Reformed Librarie-Keeper, by John Dury
Availle
22:00
10
The Nights
Libraries in the Medieval and Renaissance Periods by John Willis Clark
Phil Schempf
55:37
11
The Nights
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, Ch 1 (French)
Isabelle Lin
16:53
12
The Nights
The Negro Vote in the States Whose Constitutions Have Not Been Specifically Revised, by John Hope
VfkaBT
33:34
13
The Nights
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, Ch 11
Scotty Smith
12:21
14
The Nights
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, 'Of Ideas In General' Ch 1, by John Locke
VfkaBT
44:23
15
The Nights
Idea of a Transcendental Logic. I. Of Logic in General, by Immanuel Kant
Scotty Smith
8:57
16
The Nights
Zoonomia Section XIV. Of The Production Of Ideas, by Erasmus Darwin
VfkaBT
46:10
17
The Nights
The Analects, by Confucius - Section I
Nathan Rosquist
5:43
18
The Nights
The Awakening, Ch 7, by Kate Chopin
VfkaBT
18:18
19
The Nights
The Dead Are Silent by Arthur Schnitzler
Availle
41:56
20
The Nights
The Free Public Library, by Thomas W. Higginson.
Gerwin Kramer
10:32
21
The Nights
Some Popular Objections to Public Libraries, by Frederick Poole
Michele Fry
27:09
22
The Nights
The Function of a Town Library, by Josiah P. Quincy
Michele Fry
15:39
23
The Nights
The Library and the Social Centre, by Lutie Eugenia Stearns.
VfkaBT
8:04
24
The Nights
How to Use a Library, by James Mascarene Hubbard.
Kalynda
21:33
25
The Nights
Where Neighbors Meet, by Margery Closey Quigley.
Maria Kasper
21:42
26
The Nights
The immigrant in the library, by Mary Antin
Alitheia
23:28
27
The Nights
On the Supply of Printed Books from the Library to the Reading Room, Part 1, by Anthony Panizzi
VfkaBT
33:25
28
The Nights
On the Supply of Printed Books from the Library to the Reading Room, Part 2, by Anthony Panizzi
VfkaBT
28:03
29
The Nights
The Rights of Man by Thomas Paine, Response to Burke part 1
Colleen McMahon
1:01:16
30
The Nights
The Rights of Man by Thomas Paine, Response to Burke part 2
Colleen McMahon
56:20
31
The Nights
The Rights of Man by Thomas Paine, Response to Burke part 3
Colleen McMahon
58:05
32
The Nights
The Rights of Man by Thomas Paine, Response to Burke part 4
Colleen McMahon
1:08:18

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