Fees in Public Libraries: The Controversy.

Lofgren, Hans

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ERIC Number: EJ363793

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Publication Date: 1987

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Fees in Public Libraries: The Controversy.

Lofgren, Hans

Australian Library Journal, v36 n2 p69-80 May 1987

Summarizes the arguments for and against fees in public libraries, and discusses whether the fee controversy is one of alternative technical means of securing funding, or of competing visions of the role of the public library. (Author/CLB)

Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Developed Nations, Financial Support, Foreign Countries, Library Role, Library Services, Needs Assessment, Online Searching, Public Libraries

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative

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Audience: Policymakers; Administrators; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia

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