Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Why Public Libraries Close

via Stephen's Lighthouse by stephen on 9/12/08

One of my favourite people, Christie Koontz at FSU, has published a report through OCLC.

"Why Public Libraries Close" June 30, 2008
by Christie M. Koontz, Dean K. Jue, and Bradley Wade Bishop

"Report on a nationwide study on the impact of public library closures and facility location. Staff interviews and demographics analysis using geographic information systems (GIS) inform impacts on library users and potential markets. Conducted by Florida State University and sponsored by OCLC.

Why_Public_Libraries_Close.pdf (35 page PDF)

Stephen

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