Financing Public Libraries in Scotland: Developments in the 1980s

Abstract

The political and economic context of public library expenditure is surveyed and the question of charging for public library services is discussed. Value for money and performance indicators are examined and new pressures for spending growth considered within a strategy for public library development for the 1990s.

Citation

Midwinter, A. (1989), "Financing Public Libraries in Scotland: Developments in the 1980s", Library Review, Vol. 38 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/00242539410134219