Libraries and the decline of public purposes

Public Library Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-12

  Buschman, John ^a  

^a RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Funding; Library and democracy; Library purpose

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644480253     PISSN: 01616846     EISSN: 15411540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J118v24n01_01     Document Type: Article

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