Constraining Public Libraries: The World Trade Organization's General Agreement on Trade in Services

by Samuel Trosow and Kirsti E. Nilsen

This compelling argument for why the library community should be concerned about the effect of international trade agreements on the ability to deliver library and information services to the public begins with a rigorous yet succinct description of the relevant provisions of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). The book then proceeds to discuss how it is likely to impact particular public library services and how the library community...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810852373
• ISBN13: 9780810852372
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"