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Volume 5, Issue 2
1 February 1983
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Collection Building
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Review Article| February 01 1983

Home Computers Find A New Home—Public Libraries Available to Purchase

Carol A. Emmens
Carol A. Emmens
Freelance writer specializing in media and Video Editor for School Library Journal
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2054-5592
Print ISSN: 0160-4953
© MCB UP Limited
1983
Collection Building (1983) 5 (2): 18–23.
https://doi.org/10.1108/eb023107

Public libraries across the country are adding a new component to their collections and services: the home computer. Below are several mini “case studies” describing the experiences of seven libraries with their computer collections.

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