Public Libraries in the 21st Century - Defining Services and Debating the Future (Hardcover, New edition)

Public Libraries in the 21st Century presents a comprehensive analysis of the impact of recent policy initiatives directly targeted at public libraries along with broader developments in the public sector environment within which they operate. Key features include: c An exploration of the context within which public libraries are operating and analysis of their role in local and national life; c Examples of best practice in service delivery; c Evaluation of the challenges and opportunities confronting public library managers; c Wide ranging coverage, including information from published and unpublished sources, supplemented by interviews with key stakeholders in the public library sector. The book provides a unique and thorough guide to the contemporary discourses surrounding issues of identity, social purpose, value and strategy facing the public library service.

General

Imprint:	Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2006
First published:	2006
Authors:	Anne Goulding
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	396
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-7546-4286-2
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Library & information sciences > General Books > Business & Economics > Economics > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Encyclopaedias & reference works > Reference works > General Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Ownership & organization of enterprises > Public ownership / nationalization
LSN:	0-7546-4286-0
Barcode:	9780754642862

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