Supporting Our Troops: Library Services and Support for Veterans Academic Article

abstract

• 2017, Published with license by Taylor & Francis 2017, Sarah LeMire. Veterans are a unique population that can be found in libraries across the United States. Libraries of all types are developing new approaches to the veterans in their patron populations in the wake of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. This study identifies several common strategies that libraries, especially public and academic libraries, are employing to support their patrons who are veterans, as well as distinctions in strategy according to library type. It further explores whether libraries are relying upon library staff who are veterans when developing services and programming for patrons who are veterans.

authors

• LeMire, Sarah

published proceedings

• Public Services Quarterly

altmetric score

• 3.7

author list (cited authors)

• LeMire, S.

citation count

• 1

complete list of authors

• LeMire, Sarah

publication date

• July 2017

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• Public Services Quarterly  Journal

keywords

• 46 Information And Computing Sciences
• 4610 Library And Information Studies
• Academic Libraries
• Military
• Public Libraries
• Service Members
• Student Veterans
• Veterans

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/15228959.2017.1319317

URI

• https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/164813

start page

• 152

end page

• 167

volume

• 13

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15228959.2017.1319317