Libraries, New Managerialism and Economic Rationalism: Remarks on the Upheaval in Victoria.

Lofgren, Hans

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Publication Date: 1998

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Libraries, New Managerialism and Economic Rationalism: Remarks on the Upheaval in Victoria.

Lofgren, Hans

Australian Library Journal, v47 n4 p327-33 Nov 1998

Examines implications of the introduction of Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) to Victoria (Australia) public libraries and the revision or abandonment of previously dominant ideals of public administration. Topics include the role of government; public services as a competitive market environment; economic rationalism; and the threat to the professionalism of librarianship. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Competition, Economic Factors, Foreign Countries, Free Enterprise System, Government Role, Library Administration, Library Science, Library Services, Public Administration, Public Libraries

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Language: English

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