Excerpt from War Service of the American Library Association
And if you enter a Y. M. C. A. But or Knights of Columbus building you will see other shelves of the same sort of books subsidiary collections supplied from the central library - which similarly may be read or freely drawn for reading in mess hall or barrack. You may even find such subsidiary collections in the mess halls or barracks themselves. You will find them in the Base Hospitals and the Convalescent Houses. And in the Y huts you will find magazines and newspapers; the magazines a profusion of recent issues which are yielded by the one - cent mailing provision, but also at the main library some thirty, From an address delivered before the General Federation of Women's Clubs, Hot Springs, May 7, 1918.
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Paperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. This book describes the American Library Association's (ALA) efforts to provide library services to the millions of American soldiers serving overseas during World War I. The author, Theodore Wesley Koch, served as Head of the Order Division at the Library of Congress, which played a critical role in the ALA's war service efforts. Koch provides a detailed account of the challenges faced by the ALA in collecting, organizing, and distributing books to soldiers. As this book focuses on the ALA's World War I efforts, it offers insights into how the organization responded to a major global event that affected American life and culture. Overall, this book is a valuable record of the ALA's commitment to providing soldiers with access to books and information during a time of great need and conflict. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781331248910_0
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