ShanachieTour: A Library Road Trip Across America

摘要

This unique book with its accompanying DVD documentary follows three Dutch library employees on a coast-to-coast U.S. road trip to discover how American libraries are engaging their com-rnmunities and preparing for the future. In the spirit of roving Scots-Irish storytellers from a bygone era, the "Shanachies"-Erik Boekesteijn, Jaap van de Geer, and Geert van den Boogaard-traveled to libraries both large and small in 2007, meeting with librarians to encourage, record, and share their stories. The book includes original blog entries from the trip, insights from library professionals, and vivid color photographs of libraries, their staffs, patrons, and environs. An entertaining one-hour "road movie" on DVD brings the trip to life, featuring conversations with innovative librarians and educators from east to west.