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

Bolt, Nancy2025-09-242025-09-242015https://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/5613This 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.engAttribution 3.0 Unportedhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/It Takes a Village – How Public Libraries Collaborate with Community Agencies to Serve People Who Are Homeless in the United StatesArticlehttp://conference.ifla.org/ifla81open accessHomelessnesslibraries and homelessnessUnited States and homelessness