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De Gennaro, Richard – Library Journal, 1989
Argues that the growing use of technology is beginning to erode the free library ethic by blurring distinctions between commercial and not-for-profit information suppliers and fostering competition between and among various suppliers. It is suggested that libraries need to implement new entrepreneurially oriented management structures to cope with…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Utilities, Competition, Entrepreneurship