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Main Author: Schuman, Patricia Glass
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1998
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ573881
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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)
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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