New Frontiers in Public Library Research

Released on 20052005 by Carl Gustav Johannsen

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Author : Carl Gustav Johannsen

Publisher : Scarecrow Press

Release : 2005

ISBN-13 : 9780810850392

Page : 388 pages

Rating : 4.5/5 from 392 voters

Pulls together research results from Scandinavian public library researchers on current public library issues, including how public libraries are facing and dealing with the various professional challenges of modern society. Contributors tackle topics as wide ranging as the challenges of serving a multi-cultural society, new library media and services, internet services and new trends in library management. This collection of articles also includes library history works focusing on the relationship between public library ideas and practices in the USA and the Scandinavian countries.

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