Volume 30 Issue 3 (2012)
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On the closure of public libraries of Oxfordshire
Philip Pullman writes books for children. His best known is probably the His Dark Materials trilogy, and . His most contentious probably . He writes not so much to explain…
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Not a job for those who have brought libraries to crisis
Desmond Clarke is a library campaigner. He retired as president and chief executive of International Thomson Publishing Services Group, a division of the Thomson Corporation (now Thomson Reuters) and is…
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The role of public libraries in social justice
John Vincent coordinates The Network, formed in May 1999 as a legacy of a project funded by the Library and Information Commission, Public Library Policy and Social Exclusion (see Muddiman,…
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The public library in the UK’s Big Society
Steve Davies is a trade unionist and academic, working on the response of the international trade union movement to globalisation. He takes a particular interest in public sector reform and…
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Positive management in libraries: if you build it, they won’t necessarily come
Both Jim Lynch and Stuart Fitzgerald are UK representatives of the American company, Library Systems & Services. LSSI is a private management company working for local authorities wishing to outsource…
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The public library and the social entrepreneur
Eco Computer Systems has been authorised by Lewisham Council to take over three of its five libraries, Sydenham, Crofton Park and Grove Park. Each library has a self-issue system and…
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Estimating the economic value of libraries
The authors are economists working for the Australian consultancy, SGS Economics & Planning in Melbourne. In 2011, the company produced a report for the State Library of Victoria on the…