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Main Authors: Rochester, Maxine, Willard, Patricia
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1998
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ577946
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  • Community Organisations and Information: Results of a Study. Rochester, Maxine Willard, Patricia Community Organizations Criteria Foreign Countries Information Skills Interviews Library Personnel Library Services Public Libraries Reliability Rural Areas Rural Urban Differences Urban Areas User Needs (Information) Reports on a project that investigated, by means of interviews, the information needs, information-gathering strategies, and information use of 10 urban and 9 rural community groups in Australia. Highlights include accuracy and reliability as criteria by all groups, rural groups' perceptions of being disadvantaged, and the importance of public libraries. (Author/LRW)