Philosophical foundations of public librarianship : a study of mission statements of public libraries in the United States.

• Main Author: Panna Kantilal.
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Library and information science::Libraries::History and statistics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/1664
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study examined what were the philosophical foundations of public libraries in the past with the aim to observe if there were changes in the philosophical base of public libraries of today.