PROVISION OF COMMUNITY INFORMATION IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES

Abstract

Investigates the provision, dissemination and use of community information in public libraries in five different social areas by means of interviews with community librarians and library users. Reveals that information from the Department of Social Security was the most heavily used. followed by bus timetables. People in the more affluent areas tended to make more use of community information than those in the poorer areas. The information could perhaps be more effectively promoted and more outside groups could be encouraged to use the libraries.

Citation

Toop, S. and Foreit, M. (1993), "PROVISION OF COMMUNITY INFORMATION IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES", Library Management, Vol. 14 No. 5, pp. 16-17. https://doi.org/10.1108/01435129310043860