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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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2001
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ635571 |
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- Regulating Readers: The Social Origins of the Readers' Advisor in the United States. Luyt, Brendan Information Services Libraries Library History Library Services Public Libraries Reading Reading Interests Social Influences The readers' advisory service was a product of social forces operating in the context of early twentieth century capitalism. The work of French regulation theorists provides a framework for analyzing these forces using the concepts of regime of accumulation and mode of regulation. Libraries were connected in a society-wide project, as opposed to being in isolation from wider societal trends. (Contains 60 references.) (AEF)