Constraining public libraries
Subtitle: the World Trade Organization's General Agreement on Trade in Services
By: Samuel E. Trosow and Kristi Nilsen.
Contributors: Nilsen, Kirsti.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9780810852372
Subjects: General Agreement on Trade in Services -- (1994); Public libraries -- Government policy.; Information services -- Government policy.; Public libraries -- Finance.; Information services -- Finance.; Service industries -- Government policy.; International trade.; Information policy -- Economic aspects.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : what has GATS got to do with libraries?; title: The scope of GATS coverage; title: The GATS disciplines : classification and commitment of services; title: Do public libraries operate on a commercial basis and compete with other service suppliers?; title: The perils of privatization : commercialization and privatization of public libraries and library services; title: Avoiding the negative impacts of trade agreements; title: Advocating for public libraries; title: International trade policy as information policy.