Examines the contentious area of charging for on‐line services.
Covers both the theoretical aspects and the practical application of the
services through a review of library practice, looking in detail at
three libraries (two academic, one public) operating in Liverpool.
Despite growing financial concerns, on‐line services are necessary.
Competitors in the form of information brokers will corner the market if
libraries do not extend their service by providing an on‐line facility.
A compromise must be reached which benefits the user of the library and
maintains the freedom of access to information.
Information literacy is a driving force in the field of librarianship, however, the often underestimated complexity of the concept, the primary focus on academic libraries, the intricacies involved with transliteracies, and the obstacles associated with technology make it difficult to establish a strategy for meeting a community’s information literacy needs. Budget cuts have especially impacted public library programming, pushing information literacy goals further out of reach. Faced with this adversity, Lancashire Library Service partnered with Credo to enhance their current information literacy plan, which yielded immediate results and provides a blueprint that public libraries may follow to achieve similar goals.
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