El servicio de información local en las bibliotecas públicas municipales. Importancia y pautas para su desarrollo(I)

Many people do not use public libraries since they do not expect to find the kind of information that is of interest to them. The municipal public library, the one nearest to everybody, must facilitate access to this type of information in oder to attract new user groups. To this end, the local information service, managed by the library, becomes a fundamental tool. the relevance of this service, the type of information it would handle, intented audience, staff and their duties are discussed