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Direct linkOder, Norman – Library Journal, 2010
Beyond the sprawling Denver International Airport, there's little to put Adams County, Colorado, on the map. The region's light rail only stretches south, so Adams County, a mostly working-class zone to the northeast, has come late to growth. There's no central city; the community is dominated by strip malls, big-box stores, and new developments.…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Counties, Library Administration, Library Development
Oder, Norman – Library Journal, 2008
Sandwiched between Los Angeles and San Diego counties, nudging up to Riverside and San Bernardino to the east, Orange County, California is far more diverse than the stereotype. Orange County has no dominant city; its two largest, Santa Ana and Anaheim--each with populations around 350,000--are, respectively, home to lower-income Latinos and a…
Descriptors: Libraries, Counties, Financial Support, Public Libraries
Oder, Norman – Library Journal, 2007
A funny thing happened while the District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL), already suffering from deteriorated facilities and systems, slogged through stasis (and three interim directors) after the 2003 departure of Director Molly Raphael. Mayor Anthony Williams presided over the city's economic turnaround--or, some charged, cozied up to…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, City Government, Library Facilities, Library Personnel
Oder, Norman – Library Journal, 2006
In this article, the author describes how the New Orleans Public Library (NOPL) struggled with a fraction of its former staff, limited hours, and a massive fundraising challenge after Hurricane Katrina slammed the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005. While previously 171 people staffed locations, only 40 employees plus a smaller--and shifting--cadre of…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Government Libraries, Natural Disasters, Weather
Lynch, Mary Jo; Oder, Norman; Halstead, Kent; Fox, Bette-Lee; Miller, Marilyn L.; Schontz, Marilyn L. – Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac, 2002
Presents eight articles that discuss research on libraries and librarianship; number of libraries in the U.S. and Canada; highlights of NCES (National Center for Education Statistics) surveys; library acquisition expenditures; budgets; price indexes; library buildings construction; and expenditures for school library media center resources. (LRW)
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Budgets, Cost Indexes, Educational Resources
Lynch, Mary Jo; Oder, Norman; Halstead, Kent; Fox, Bette-Lee – Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac, 2003
Includes seven reports that discuss research on libraries and librarianship, including academic, public, and school libraries; awards and grants; number of libraries in the United States and Canada; National Center for Education Statistics results; library expenditures for public, academic, special, and government libraries; library budgets; price…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Awards, Budgets
