Economic value of public libraries in the UK

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Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 78-87

  Morris, Anne ^a   Sumsion, John ^a   Hawkins, Margaret ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 54649085009     PISSN: 00242667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/LIBR.2002.78     Document Type: Review

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5. Moody, N. 2000. Fashionable Design and Good Service: The Spinster Librarians at Boots Booklovers Library. In Kerslake, E. and Moody, N. Gendering Library History. Liverpool John Moores University: Media Critical and Creative Arts.
6. Morris, A., Hawkins, M. and Sumsion, J. 2001a The Economic Value Of Public Libraries. Resource (The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries): pp. 374. ISBN 1902394518. £12 photocopy (A4 paperbound) or microfiche from: British Thesis Service, British Library Document Supply Centre, Boston Spa, Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS23 7BQ, UK. A substantial summary is to be found at: URL: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ls/disresearch /econvalu.html [viewed June 1, 2002]
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