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Name: Public Libraries in the 21st Century: Defining Services and Debating the Future
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Business, Finance & Law

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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: ¢ An exploration of the context within which public libraries are operating and analysis of their role in local and national life; ¢ Examples of best practice in service delivery; ¢ Evaluation of the challenges and opportunities confronting public library managers; ¢ Wide ranging coverage, including information from published and unpublished sources, supplemented by interviews with key stakeholders in the public library sector.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.

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Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0754642860
Category: Books > Subjects > Business, Finance & Law
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 01 April 2008
Listed Since: 29 January 2007

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