Federal Aid to Libraries: A Success Story, and a Failure and Learning from the Past: Does Territoriality Make a Profession?.

Horton, Allan; Sharman, Robert

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Publication Date: 1987

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Federal Aid to Libraries: A Success Story, and a Failure and Learning from the Past: Does Territoriality Make a Profession?

Horton, Allan; Sharman, Robert

Australian Library Journal, v36 n4 p248-55 Nov 1987

The first of two articles examines the process of obtaining federal aid in Australia by comparing a successful effort by school libraries and a failure to obtain public library funding. The second explores the potentially negative effects of defending professional rights and status to the extent of alienating funding agencies. (CLB)

Descriptors: Developed Nations, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Foreign Countries, Government Role, Learning Resources Centers, Political Influences, Professional Autonomy, Public Libraries, School Libraries

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Speeches/Meeting Papers

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Audience: Administrators; Media Staff; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia

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