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Butterworth, Margaret – 2000
This paper discusses fee-based services in public libraries. The first section examines examples of charging for public library services in three countries: the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland; and New Zealand. The intention is to consider the circumstances in which charging was introduced, the public's response in terms of the effect on…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Fees, Foreign Countries, Library Funding