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OPEN CONVERSATIONS
Public Learning in Libraries
and Museums
David Carr
Copyright 2011 by David Carr
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Carr, David, 1945 Apr. 4–
Open conversations : public learning in libraries and museums / David Carr.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978–1–59158–771–2 (pbk. : acid-free paper) — ISBN 978–1–59158–770–5 (ebook)
1. Libraries munity—United States. 2. Museums munity—United States.
3. Libraries and education—United States. 4. Museums—Educational aspects—United
States. 5. Libraries—Social aspects—United States. 6. Museums—Social aspects—United
States. 7. United States—Intellectual life. 8. United States—Cultural policy. 9. Politics and
culture—United States. I. Title.
2011
—dc23 2011025423
ISBN: 978–1–59158–771–2
EISBN: 978–1–59158–770–5
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CONTENTS
Preface vii
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: Think With Me xiii
1. Our Places 1
2. Beginnings 9
3. Flourishing 19
4. Unfinished Lives 37
5. Living Strands 49
6. Open Conversations 63
7. Provocative Texts 79
8. Look at the Unknown 103
9. This Afternoon 113
10. That Difference 127
11. Where a Space Opens 133