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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1994
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ481953 |
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Table of Contents:
- California's Reference Crisis. Childers, Thomas A. Economic Factors Library Collections Library Networks Library Role Library Services Library Skills Library Standards Problems Public Libraries Reference Services Retrenchment Social Influences State Libraries Technological Advancement Social and economic issues affecting the vitality of public libraries in California are discussed. A 1993 study by the California State Library identified diminishing reference skills and reference collections, reduced funding which impacted staffing, increased demand, technology change, and language/culture issues as contributing factors to library decline. A sidebar discusses proposals for solutions. (SLW)