Bøker av John Pateman

This is the story of my life in 2022 when I retired from a career in public libraries after 44 years and moved back to the UK after living in Canada for 10 years

This is the story of my life in Thunder Bay, NW Ontario, during year 2 of the Covid pandemic. It includes my visits to provincial parks in the summer and fall of 2021 and my visit to the UK at Xmas to see my son for the first time in 2 years.

This is the story of T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) as Aircraftman T.E. Shaw at RAF College Cranwell in Lincolnshire from August 1925 - December 1926.

This important book examines the potential for a new community led service model in public libraries. Using theoretical approaches to working with socially excluded community members, with a direct application of those approaches in Canadian public libraries, the authors offer a powerful and persuasive case for adopting the community led approach in libraries worldwide. The book showcases good practice and outlines the challenges to community development work. With public libraries facing budget cuts, this book offers an alternative way forward based on a community led approach to developing needs based library services. This book makes a unique contribution to public library thinking and policy, synthesising the outcomes of research and best practice at the cutting edge of library service delivery, and will be essential reading for all those researching and working in the public library sector.

This important book examines the potential for a new community led service model in public libraries. Using theoretical approaches to working with socially excluded community members, with a direct application of those approaches in Canadian public libraries.

Examines the historical background to social exclusion and the strategic context in terms of government and professional policy. This title proposes a manifesto for change and outlines practical ways in which public libraries can be transformed into needs-based services.