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Autori principali: McCallum, Ian, Quinn, Sherrey
Natura: Recurso educativo Open Access
Lingua:en
Pubblicazione: 2004
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Accesso online:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ997494
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  • Valuing Libraries McCallum, Ian Quinn, Sherrey Special Libraries Access to Information Literature Reviews Public Libraries Library Services Library Materials Economic Development This paper is a selective review of recent publications, focused on the economic value of public and special libraries which are treated separately, since context and organisational objectives differ widely for different types of libraries. Those who wish to further explore this topic will find many studies into the social value of libraries which establish their general "worth." A good place to start is Roswitha Poll's examination of ways of assessing economic value, social value, and outcomes for literacy, information retrieval, and academic and professional success (Poll 2003). An extensive bibliography of earlier work is given in Fitch and Warner (1997). Promising methods of evaluating the economic benefits of libraries and expressing them in financial terms are at last emerging.