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- Title
Doing Their Part: The Services of the San Diego Public Library during World War II.
- Authors
Shaw, Tamara
- Abstract
As the United States was gearing up for war in 1940, San Diego, California, was one of the cities most affected by the increase in both military personnel and civilian defense workers. Confronted with a rapidly increasing population and a growing demand for information to support the aircraft and shipbuilding industries, the staff of the San Diego Public Library exemplified the important role that libraries played in educating citizens, building morale, and maintaining a sense of normalcy in a very uncertain world.
- Subjects
SAN Diego (Calif.); CALIFORNIA; SAN Diego Public Library (San Diego, Calif.); DEFENSE industries; HISTORY of public libraries; SHIPBUILDING industry; NON-military education of military personnel; INFORMATION science; PUBLIC librarians
- Publication
Library Trends, 2007, Vol 55, Issue 3, p570
- ISSN
0024-2594
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/lib.2007.0023