Public libraries, public policies, and political processes [electronic resource] : serving and transforming communities in times of economic and political constraint

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서명/저자사항	Public libraries, public policies, and political processes [electronic resource]: serving and transforming communities in times of economic and political constraint / Paul T. Jaeger, Ursula Gorham, John Carlo Bertot, and Lindsay C. Sarin.
개인저자	Jaeger, Paul T., 1974-. Gorham, Ursula, 1975-. Bertot, John Carlo.  Sarin, Lindsay C.
발행사항	Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, [2014].
형태사항	1 online resource.
기타형태 저록	Print version: Jaeger, Paul T., 1974- Public libraries, public policies, and political processes 9781442233461
ISBN	9781442233478 1442233478
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references and index.
내용주기	Politics, policies, and public libraries -- The development of public libraries as a public good in the United States -- The evolution of policies affecting public libraries in the United States -- Prevailing governance and economic ideologies -- Changes in public libraries and changes in communities -- Engagement and valuation of the public good -- Demonstrating library value and advocating for support -- The public library in the local political process.
요약	Over the past thirty years, significant shifts in technology, political ideologies, and policy goals have resulted in an environment in which public libraries face the highest expectations to serve community needs against unprecedented political, economic, and policy challenges. Drawing on two decades of original research conducted by the authors, this book provides a data-driven examination of the interrelated impacts of political discourse and public policy processes on public libraries and the ways in which they are able to serve their communities, explaining the complex current circumstanc.
주제명(지명)	United States. --fast
일반주제명	Public libraries --Political aspects --United States. Public libraries --Government policy --United States. Public libraries --United States --Finance. Libraries and society --United States. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES --Library & Information Science --Archives & Special Libraries.
분류기호(DDC)	027.473
언어	영어
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