What is it about?
Discusses the relevance of the Big Society idea for public libraries, focusing particularly on the issue of the use of volunteers.
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Why is it important?
As the use of volunteers in public libraries expands, this paper offers a critique of some of the ideas underlying the trend.
Perspectives
The use of volunteers in public libraries raises issues of professional practice and competence.
Professor Anne Goulding
Victoria University of Wellington
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This page is a summary of: The Big Society and English public libraries: where are we now?, New Library World, November 2013, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/nlw-05-2013-0047.
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