Outsourcing and Libraries--Threat or Promise?.

Missingham, Roxanne

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ERIC Number: EJ499751

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1994

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Outsourcing and Libraries--Threat or Promise?

Missingham, Roxanne

Australian Special Libraries, v27 n4 p131-39 Dec 1994

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)

Descriptors: Costs, Foreign Countries, Government Libraries, Library Administration, Library Services, Organizational Development, Private Sector, Privatization, Productivity, Program Evaluation, Public Sector, Resource Allocation

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia

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