... distributed personally to 40 librarians of which 20 were received back with a 50 per cent response. Librarians were interviewed with an unstructured questionnaire and their opinions were used on the relevant place in the survey. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Outsourcing Contracting out...

...Keith Harrington Evaluates a proposal by Invercargill City Council to contract out the Invercargill City Libraries to, initially, the present library manager. The reasoning of a move from the traditional form of public library governance is discussed, as well as the advantages and disadvantages...

...Diana Grimwood‐Jones Traces the development of contracting out library and information services in the public sector. Looks at perceived benefits of contracting out, and notes some of the key issues and implications for service delivery and staffing. One feature of this is an attempt to follow...