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| Diffusion | 3 |
| Library Role | 3 |
| Evolution | 2 |
| Information Services | 2 |
| National Programs | 2 |
| Public Policy | 2 |
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| Improvement | 1 |
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Peer reviewedWilliams, Gordon R. – Library Quarterly, 1980
Argues that the role expected of libraries is significantly different now from what it was for nearly 95 percent of the span of library history, and that this change of purpose has not been reflected in the current budgetary and management priorities of librarians. Nine references are cited. (FM)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Diffusion, History
Peer reviewedSwanson, Don R. – Library Quarterly, 1980
Maintains that national information policy should be geared to the preservation and encouragement of trial-and-error evolutionary mechanisms that will stimulate innovation in library and information services. Seventeen references are cited. (FM)
Descriptors: Diffusion, Evolution, Information Services, Information Systems
Peer reviewedSwanson, Don R. – Library Quarterly, 1980
Explores issues related to the role of libraries in the diffusion of knowledge and offers a critique of proposals for a national information policy. Twenty-seven references are cited. (FM)
Descriptors: Diffusion, Evolution, Improvement, Information Dissemination
