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Schuman, Patricia Glass – Library Journal, 1998
Argues that recent decisions to outsource library collection development are not isolated incidents but attempts to privatize whole core services and even management of libraries. Examines three misconceptions about the private sector: that it can do it better and cheaper, that accountability to the marketplace is more effective than government,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cost Effectiveness, Library Administration, Library Collection Development
