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Innovation and the library : the adoption of new ideas in public libraries
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Innovation and the library : the adoption of new ideas in public libraries

Author: Verna Leah Pungitore
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1995.
Series: Contributions in librarianship and information science, no. 86
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Verna Leah Pungitore
ISBN: 0313286736 9780313286735
OCLC Number: 31933995
Description: xiii, 189 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: 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.
Series Title: Contributions in librarianship and information science, no. 86
Responsibility: Verna L. Pungitore.

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