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Understanding community librarianship : the public library in post-modern Britain

Paperback • 1997 • Norwegian Bokmål

Understanding community librarianship : the public library in post-modern Britain

By Alistair Black

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About the book

In the information society, is the community focused library a real possibility? This book reappraises the relationship between the library and its communities through an examination of the rise and decline of 'community' librarianship over the last three decades. The authors consider key models of community based library service and argue that bland assertions of community prevalence mask a complex and problematic relationship between a highly traditional public service bureaucracy and its use...Show more

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ISBN

9781859722435

Publisher

Aldershot : Avebury

Published year

1997

Language

Norwegian Bokmål

Original title

Understanding community librarianship : the public library in post-modern Britain

Format

Paperback

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