It Takes a Village – How Public Libraries Collaborate with Community Agencies to Serve People Who Are Homeless in the United States

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dc.audienceAudience::Public Libraries Section
dc.audienceAudience::Equitable and Accessible Library Services Section
dc.conference.sessionTypeLibrary Service for People with Special Needs with Public Libraries
dc.conference.venueCape Town International Convention Centre
dc.congressWLICIFLA WLIC 2015 - Cape Town, South Africa
dc.contributor.authorBolt, Nancy
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-24T08:22:37Z
dc.date.available2025-09-24T08:22:37Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThis paper will cover the following: the status of homelessness in the United States; why people become homeless; how people experience homelessness; and the role of libraries in serving people who are homeless. At the conclusion of the article, there is a bibliography on recent articles on public library service to people who are homeless in the United States.en
dc.identifier.relatedurlhttp://conference.ifla.org/ifla81
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/5613
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsAttribution 3.0 Unported
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
dc.subject.keywordHomelessness
dc.subject.keywordlibraries and homelessness
dc.subject.keywordUnited States and homelessness
dc.titleIt Takes a Village – How Public Libraries Collaborate with Community Agencies to Serve People Who Are Homeless in the United Statesen
dc.typeArticle
ifla.UnitSection:Public Libraries Section
ifla.UnitSection::Equitable and Accessible Library Services Section
ifla.oPubIdhttps://library.ifla.org/id/eprint/1260/

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