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Journal overview

Public Library Quarterly (PLQ) is addressed to leaders-directors, managers, staff, trustees, and friends-who believe that change is imperative if public libraries are to fulfill their service missions in the twenty-first century.

In PLQ , directors and operating officers tell how they accomplished change. The journal examines:

  • Best practices and models to improve service
  • Management case studies-with results and failures
  • Library mythologies that retard individual and institutional development
  • Studies of how to plan results and accomplish desired outcomes
  • Marketing and fund-raising tools that work
  • Budget and financial analysis tools and tips
  • How new technology works in practice
  • Innovative, high-quality programs for children
Peer Review Policy: All articles in Public Library Quarterly have undergone editorial screening and peer review.

Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

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