Causal effect of the outsourcing of library management on public library usage in Japan

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Tsuji, Keita
• مؤلفون آخرون: University of Tsukuba, Japan
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2022
• الموضوعات: Library and information science
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/154750
• المؤسسة: Nanyang Technological University

Background. For a long time, Japanese public libraries were managed by local governments. However, in 2003, other organizations, including private enterprises, took over the management of libraries and introduced an outsourcing system called designated administrator system. The suitability of thi...