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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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1998
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ573881 |
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| author | Schuman, Patricia Glass |
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| contents | The Selling of the Public Library. Schuman, Patricia Glass Accountability Cost Effectiveness Library Administration Library Collection Development Library Technical Processes Misconceptions Private Sector Public Libraries Public Sector Supply and Demand Argues that recent decisions to outsource library collection development are not isolated incidents but attempts to privatize whole core services and even management of libraries. Examines three misconceptions about the private sector: that it can do it better and cheaper, that accountability to the marketplace is more effective than government, and that libraries have always outsourced. (PEN) |
| format | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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| institution | ERIC Institute of Education Sciences |
| language | en |
| publishDate | 1998 |
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| spellingShingle | The Selling of the Public Library. Schuman, Patricia Glass Accountability Cost Effectiveness Library Administration Library Collection Development Library Technical Processes Misconceptions Private Sector Public Libraries Public Sector Supply and Demand The Selling of the Public Library. Schuman, Patricia Glass Accountability Cost Effectiveness Library Administration Library Collection Development Library Technical Processes Misconceptions Private Sector Public Libraries Public Sector Supply and Demand Argues that recent decisions to outsource library collection development are not isolated incidents but attempts to privatize whole core services and even management of libraries. Examines three misconceptions about the private sector: that it can do it better and cheaper, that accountability to the marketplace is more effective than government, and that libraries have always outsourced. (PEN) |
| title | The Selling of the Public Library. |
| topic | Accountability Cost Effectiveness Library Administration Library Collection Development Library Technical Processes Misconceptions Private Sector Public Libraries Public Sector Supply and Demand |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ573881 |