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Urban Library Journal 15.1 Spring 2008 

Special Issue: The Creative Library

Steven Bell, Associate University Librarian for Research and Instructional Services at Temple University, is the guest editor of this special issue of Urban Library Journal. The issue will showcase how librarians are tapping their creativity to develop innovations that allow urban libraries to meet the challenge of organizational change, diverse user populations, emerging technologies, and other issues facing twenty-first century libraries. 

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Steven Bell 
The Creativity Issue: Putting the Spotlight on Creative Work In Urban Libraries
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Renée Bosman, John Glover, Monique Prince
Growing Adult Readers: Promoting Leisure Reading in Academic Libraries
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Tony Tallent
Fun Precedes Function: Fostering a Creative Workplace in the Public Library     
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Reports from the Field

Jill E. Luedke and Sarah K. Laleman Ward
It All Started with a Button      abstract ::  HTML ::  PDF

Lisa Lavoie
Roving Librarians: Taking it to the Streets      abstract ::  HTML ::  PDF

Lynn S. Mullins and Ann V. Watkins
Using Art to Promote Student Learning and Build Community Partnerships
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Laverna Saunders
Using the Power of Proposal for Creative Change      abstract ::  HTML ::  PDF

In Review

Hal Grossman * Creativity: Unconventional Wisdom from 20 Accomplished Minds by Herbert M. Meyers and Richard Gerstman       HTML ::  PDF

Louise Fluk * Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques by Michael Michalko      HTML ::  PDF     

last updated 08/19/2008

URBAN LIBRARY JOURNAL

ISSN   1944-9674
eISSN 1944-9682

Urban Library Journal, an open access, refereed journal of research and discussion dealing with all aspects of urban libraries and librarianship, welcomes articles dealing with academic, research, public, school, and special libraries in an urban setting.

Urban Library Journal, formerly known as Urban Academic Librarian, also invites submissions in broader areas such as public higher education, urban studies, multiculturalism, library and educational services to immigrants, preservation of public higher education, and universal access to World Wide Web resources.

Topics for columns and special issues will also be entertained.

Urban Library Journal, an official publication of the Library Association of the City University of New York, plans to publish two issues annually.

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