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Equity and excellence in the public library : why ignorance is not our heritage

Bob Usherwood (Author)
This important volume by one of the leading scholars in the field examines and discusses how library professionals can meet the demands of policy makers to open up the public library service without destroying it.
Print Book, English, 2017
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London [i. e.] Abingdon, 2017
VIII, 227 str. : graf. prikazi ; 24 cm.
9780815399599, 9780754648062, 0815399596, 0754648060
1090307627
Chapter 1 Equity and Excellence – The Librarian’s Dilemma?; Chapter 2 Equity and Excellence Around the World; Chapter 3 Value versus Demand; Chapter 4 Self-Improvement, Complex Culture, and the Public Good; Chapter 5 Commercial Imperative?; Chapter 6 Developing Critical Capacity and Creativity; Chapter 7 Providing Access to the Best; Chapter 8 Information Is Not Enough; Chapter 9 Education, Education, Education; Chapter 10 Through Excellence to Inclusion; Chapter 11 Professionals, Practice and Policy; Chapter 12 Equity and Excellence – A Value Judgement;