- Bib ID:
- 713909
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Pungitore, Verna Leah
- Description:
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- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1995
- xiii, 189 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0313286736 (alkaline paper) (hardback)
- Series:
- Contributions in librarianship and information science, 0084-9243 ; no. 86.
- Full contents:
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- Pt. I. Public Libraries, Change, and Innovation. 1. Public Libraries and Organizational Change: An Overview. 2. Diffusion and Adoption of Innovations. 3. Evolutionary Change in Public Libraries: 1920-1965
- Pt. II. Life History of a Public Library Innovation. 4. Prelude to Innovation: 1966-1979. 5. Development and Dissemination of the Innovation. 6. PLDP: The Modified Innovation
- Pt. III. Toward a Model of Public Library Innovation. 7. Diffusion among Smaller Libraries: 1980-1990. 8. Patterns of Implementation in Smaller Libraries. 9. Fitting the Public Library Experience to the Models. 10. Facilitating Innovation in Public Libraries.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-186) and index.
- Subject:
- Public libraries -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Copyright:
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