Overcoming Information Poverty - 9780081011102

Overcoming Information PovertyInvestigating the Role of Public Libraries in The Twenty-First Century\nAuthor(s): Anthony Mckeown\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Elsevier Science & Technology, United Kingdom\nImprint: Chandos Publishing (Oxford) Ltd\nISBN-13: 9780081011102, 978-0081011102\nSynopsis\nOvercoming Information Poverty: Investigating the Role of Public Libraries in The Twenty-First Century considers the role of public libraries in alleviating information poverty and targeting social exclusion, using a three-level information poverty framework. The book proposes a model for understanding the concept of information poverty, develops indicators for its measurement, and provides recommendations for service improvement based on analysis of public library services at macro (strategic), meso (community) and micro (individual) levels. The topic is of theoretical and practical importance when considering the changing role of public libraries today. The book is the first time a ma.