Outsourcing and Libraries--Threat or Promise?

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Title: Outsourcing and Libraries--Threat or Promise?
Language: English
Authors: Missingham, Roxanne
Source: Australian Special Libraries. Dec 1994 27(4):131-139.
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 9
Publication Date: 1994
Document Type: Reports - Evaluative
Journal Articles
Descriptors: Costs, Foreign Countries, Government Libraries, Library Administration, Library Services, Organizational Development, Private Sector, Privatization, Productivity, Program Evaluation, Public Sector, Resource Allocation
Geographic Terms: Australia
ISSN: 1034-9154
Abstract: Outsourcing has been proposed as a method for improving effectiveness and productivity in Australian public library service. Developments, drawbacks, and potentials are discussed, and differences between contracting out whole services as opposed to selected activities are examined. (AEF)
Entry Date: 1995
Accession Number: EJ499751
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