Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Identifying social and service roles and expectations for public libraries
  • The development of the social roles of public libraries
  • Internet access in social roles of public libraries
  • Internet services and training in social roles of public libraries
  • Policy and the Internet in social roles of public libraries
  • Patron, community, and government expectations and professional values
  • Implications of Internet-enabled roles
  • Community needs, service roles, and planning
  • Selecting Internet-enabled service roles
  • The future of Internet-enabled service roles
  • Challenges from professional resistance and public policy
  • Roles and expectations in research, education, and advocacy
  • Roles and expectations and the future of public libraries.