David Sabsay
Library Consultant
Published Writings
- Challenge of the Fiske
Report," California Librarian, Vol. XX (October,
1959), 222-256.
Reviews the California study which
found that librarians engage in pre-censorship.
- North bay Cooperative Library
system," News Notes of
California Libraries, Vol. LVIII
(summer, 1963), 335-347.
Describes the founding of the first
cooperative library system in the western states.
- SB 590: the saga of a Bill," California
Librarian, Vol. XL (October, 1963)
241-250.
Recounts the successful effort to pass the first
California law creating library systems.
- "Developing Effective
Communication Channels to Achieve Legislative Programs:
Background Paper," in Proceedings
of the A.L.A. Legislative Workshop,
Washington, D.C., 1965. Pp. 79-88.
Analyzes the elements necessary for a
successful legislative campaign.
- "Regional Library
Service," in Coplan, Kate and Edwin Castagna,
compilers and editors, The Library
Reaches Out. Dobbs Ferry, Oceana,
1965. Pp. 297-320.
Deals with the special problems
involved in gaining public support for regional library
systems.
- "Two, Four, Six, Eight--How
do we Cooperate? or Guidelines for Developing Cooperative
Library Systems," in Proceedings
of the Tenth Institute on Public Library Management.
Madison, Univ. of Wisconsin, 1965. Pp. 84-92.
Suggests methods for bringing libraries
together in regional systems.
- "Santa Rosa-Sonoma County
free Public Library Building," News
Notes of California Libraries, Vol.
LXI (summer, 1966), 279-287.
Describes an unusually handsome and
functional central library building.
- Statistical Study of Public
Library Systems, 1963-1968.
Sacramento, California Public Library Development Board,
1969.
Measures progress in the first five
years of California's cooperative library systems.
- National Legislative Network
for Libraries: A Master Plan.
Chicago, American Library Association, 1973.
Proposes a plan for an integrated
statewide and national structure to promote library
legislation.
- "Estimating Library Building
Project Costs at an Early Stage," in Talking
Buildings; Proceedings of a Building Workshop October
1985 Sponsored by the California State Library.
Del Mar, California, Raymond M. Holt & Associates,
1986. Pp. 93-102.
Guidelines for projecting costs of a
prospective library building project.
- "Unending Battle," California
State Library Foundation Bulletin, Special
Issue--Proposition 13. Number 24
(July 1988). 15-18.
Reflections on California's tax revolt
measure, with some appropriate responses.
- Library planning studies and
building programs, 1964-2000.
See lists of planning
projects and building projects.
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