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Main Author: Maack, Mary Niles
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1993
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ465807
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  • L'Heure Joyeuse, The First Children's Library in France: Its Contribution to a New Paradigm for Public Libraries. Maack, Mary Niles Childrens Libraries Foreign Countries History Librarian Attitudes Library Role Library Services Models Public Libraries Shows how l'Heure Joyeuse, a children's library started in Paris in 1923 as a gift from U.S. philanthropists, became a model of open-access, user-oriented public libraries. L'Heure Joyeuse's unique role in the development of public libraries in France from before 1900 to the present is described. (41 references) (EAM)