Year: 1995
Type: article
Abstract: A WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE are just beginning to equate information service in their communities with the institution they once believed served a primarily recreational and educational function-the public library. At present, many rural libraries have inadequate numbers of staff, and many others have staff which are seriously undereducated to meet the expanded information needs of the people in their communities. If rural libraries are to seize the opportunities suggested by the developing positive view, develop services to support this view, and market such a view to a wider range of citizens in their communities, they must invest in the intellectual capital of their staffs. The benefits which technology promises for rural people to access information and education could also be the key for developing rural public library staff to provide those resources and services.
Author: Daniel D. Barron
Language: English
Subfield: Library and Information Sciences
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1540157060