Patterns of perceived public library outcomes in five countries
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compare the perceived benefits of public libraries between five culturally different countries: Finland, Norway, the Netherlands, South Korea and the USA. Design/methodology/approach – The data were based on representative samples of Finnish, Norwegian, Dutch, Korean and American adult library users. In Finland a mail survey was used and in other countries web surveys were used for data collection. The distribution of the proportion of those benefiting from the library in various areas of life at least sometimes was compared across countries. The patte... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Journal article |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2016 |
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Emerald
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Schlagwörter: | Public library / Outcomes / Benefits / Public value / A cross-country comparison / Library users / Finland / Norway / The Netherlands / South Korea / The United States |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28764992 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://hdl.handle.net/10642/3528 |