DEFINING A FEDERAL ROLE FOR LIBRARIES:: The Library Improvement Act

Abstract

In the history of federal programs for libraries — from their conception in the 1930s through their inception in the '50s until now — the consistency of issues and controversies has been striking, especially in the last 20 years. Everything significant being said now about federal programs for libraries was being said a decade ago. Everything librarians are seeking they've sought before. Everything being proposed in the administration's new library initiative has been adumbrated. The lines have been long drawn, the arguments mustered.

Citation

Preston, R. (1989), "DEFINING A FEDERAL ROLE FOR LIBRARIES:: The Library Improvement Act", The Bottom Line, Vol. 2 No. 3, pp. 10-14. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb025179