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Between Professional Field Norms and Environmental Change Impetuses: A Comparative Study of Change Processes in Public Libraries.
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Audunson, Ragnar – Library & Information Science Research, 1999
Examines whether the established and traditional norms and standards of public librarianship structure the way challenges such as market orientation and privatization are met and coped with, or whether these standards are losing their structuring power. Compares three metropolitan library systems representing three different levels of…
Descriptors: Change, Comparative Analysis, Information Industry, Library Development
Repositioning the Richmond Public Library for the Digital Age: One Library's Perspective.
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McNeely, Cate V. – Library & Information Science Research, 1999
Summarizes the Richmond Public Library's (RPL's) experiences in development and provision of technology-based services. Describes RPL's approaches to technology-based services, including training, communicating benefits to the community, creating a community-based Web site and marketing. Explains benefits of Internet-based services to patrons,…
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Improvement, Information Services, Information Technology
Using Public Libraries To Provide Technology Access for Individuals in Poverty: A Nationwide Analysis of Library Market Areas Using a Geographic Information System.
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Jue, Dean K.; Koontz, Christie M.; Magpantay, J. Andrew; Lance, Keith Curry; Seidl, Ann M. – Library & Information Science Research, 1999
Assesses the distribution of poverty areas in the United States relative to public library outlet locations to begin discussion on the best possible public library funding and development policies that would serve individuals in poverty areas. Provides a comparative analysis of poverty relative to public library outlets using two common methods of…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Information, Comparative Analysis, Economically Disadvantaged
"American Psycho": A Collection Management Survey in Canadian Public Libraries.
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Curry, Ann – Library & Information Science Research, 1994
Examines questions of censorship based on a study of the novel "American Psycho" and a survey of Canadian public libraries that investigated selection policies and the circulation of controversial titles. Highlights include previous research, Canadian laws regarding freedom of information, role of the chief librarian, and the role of…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Censorship, Fiction, Foreign Countries