The role of public libraries in supporting adult learning: a consideration of the british experience

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  • Stephen Drodge University of Nottingham

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/%25x

Resumo

Libraries have long provided learning materials for adults, whether attached to an educational institution or learning independently. Focusing especially on public libraries, this article traces the development of practice in the United Kingdom, showing an increasing emphasis on technological developments such as the Internet. It argues the need to develop a greater understanding of library-related learning from the learner's perspective as well as the provider's and offers a preliminary framework for analysis, based particularly on the degree of definition of the learning aim and the degree of control retained by the learner in the process.

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2002-01-01

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Drodge, S. (2002). The role of public libraries in supporting adult learning: a consideration of the british experience. Perspectiva, 20(2), 357–376. https://doi.org/10.5007/%x