Public library services in the information age: international overview and the situation in Buenos Aires (Argentina)

The article analizes public/popular library services in Buenos Aires and surrounding areas. The aim has been to relate the descriptive local data with the trends in developed countries after a selective study of the international literature. The results have shown that the studied units provide a ba...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Barber, Elsa, Tripaldi, Nicolás, Pisano, Silvia, D'Alessandro, Sofia, Romagnoli, Sandra, Parsiale, Verónica, Gregui, Carolina, De Pedro, Gabriela
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2004
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)
Repositório:Encontros Bibli
Idioma:português
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.ufsc.br:article/137
Acesso em linha:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/eb/article/view/1518-2924.2004v9n17p1
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Bibliotecas Públicas
Servicios de Información
Argentina
Public libraries
Information services
Descrição
Resumo:The article analizes public/popular library services in Buenos Aires and surrounding areas. The aim has been to relate the descriptive local data with the trends in developed countries after a selective study of the international literature. The results have shown that the studied units provide a basic service, misuse their alleged technological infrastructure and do not direct their resources to implement the services required by society in the information age.