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Efficiency in the Provision of Public Service: A Data Envelopment Analysis of the UK Public Library Systems.

Hammond, C.J. - Centre d'Études sur l'Économie Internationale et … - 2000

This study assesses the relative efficiency of public library service, by examining the relationship between library inputs and library outputs in multi-outlet library systems.

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School Libraries and Language Skills in Indian Primary Schools: A Randomized Evaluation of the Akshara Library Program

Borkum, Evan; He, Fang; Linden, Leigh L. - eSocialSciences - 2012

A randomized evaluation of a school library program on childrenâ€™s language skills is conducted. The program had little impact on studentsâ€™ scores on a language test administered 16 months after implementation. The estimates are sufficiently precise to rule out effects larger than...

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The Status of Academic Libraries in the United States: Results from the 1996 Academic Library Survey with Historical Comparisons

Cahalan, Maggie; Mansfield, Wendy; Justh, Natalie - Mathematica Policy Research - 2001

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Italian libraries as seen in National and Regional statistics

Nicola, Pace Maria; Marianna, Prisco - In: Economia della Cultura (2013) 1, pp. 83-98

This article offers an outlook of the Italian libraries system based ondata collected at national and regional level …. After the unification, thenew Italian state met with a diversified system of public libraries. Theirvery number and basic …. When Regional autonomy was introduced in the 1970s,local surveys on libraries bloomed, but their coverage rarely reached …

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Notes for the history of cultural service centres in the Mezzogiorno 1967-1972

Panizzi G. - In: Rivista economica del Mezzogiorno (2014) 1-2, pp. 69-106

The 90 Cultural Service Centres - designed and coordinated by FORMEZ over 1967-1972 - set up and developed a series of solidarity and welfare experiences of postwar catholic and socialist culture. They became a significant instrument of public policy for the Mezzogiorno, creating a network of...

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