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Overcoming Information Poverty

Investigating the Role of Public Libraries in The Twenty-First Century

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Paperback, blz. | Engels
Elsevier Science | e druk, 2016
ISBN13: 9780081011102
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Overcoming Information Poverty: Investigating the Role of Public Libraries in The Twenty-First Century considers the role of public libraries in alleviating information poverty and targeting social exclusion, using a three-level information poverty framework. The book proposes a model for understanding the concept of information poverty, develops indicators for its measurement, and provides recommendations for service improvement based on analysis of public library services at macro (strategic), meso (community) and micro (individual) levels. The topic is of theoretical and practical importance when considering the changing role of public libraries today. The book is the first time a macro, meso, and micro model of information poverty indicators has been developed and applied to illustrate the impact of public libraries at strategic, community, and personal levels.

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ISBN13:9780081011102
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback

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<p>Chapter One: Introduction<br>Chapter Two: Reviewing the Literature <br>Chapter Three: Setting the Context <br>Chapter Four: Developing Information Poverty Indicators<br>Chapter Five: Methodology<br>Chapter Six: Macro Level Findings – Strategic perspectives and approaches to addressing information poverty<br>Chapter Seven: Meso Level Findings – Community perspectives and approaches to addressing information poverty in socially deprived areas<br>Chapter Eight: Micro Level Findings – Reflecting on library user and non-user perspectives of public libraries<br>Chapter Nine: Synthesis, discussion, recommendations and conclusions</p>

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