The Flower Report: Libraries without walls – (almost) 20 years later
In the 1987 report Libraries Without Walls: Blueprint for the Future, Muriel Armstrong Flower put in writing her vision for a library that was open to all Canadians. This paper discusses Flower's recommendations and their outcomes and offers commentary about the current state of Canadian health...
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description | In the 1987 report Libraries Without Walls: Blueprint for the Future, Muriel Armstrong Flower put in writing her vision for a library that was open to all Canadians. This paper discusses Flower's recommendations and their outcomes and offers commentary about the current state of Canadian health sciences librarianship. It also outlines recent progress made towards equality of access to health information for all. |
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spelling | doaj.art-b5fc97f77b9b4c0a9823cb850612e0512022-12-21T20:18:21ZengUniversity of AlbertaJournal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association1708-68922006-12-0127410.5596/c06-036The Flower Report: Libraries without walls – (almost) 20 years laterTrish ChatterleyIn the 1987 report Libraries Without Walls: Blueprint for the Future, Muriel Armstrong Flower put in writing her vision for a library that was open to all Canadians. This paper discusses Flower's recommendations and their outcomes and offers commentary about the current state of Canadian health sciences librarianship. It also outlines recent progress made towards equality of access to health information for all.https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/jchla/index.php/jchla/article/view/22480 |
spellingShingle | Trish Chatterley The Flower Report: Libraries without walls – (almost) 20 years later Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association |
title | The Flower Report: Libraries without walls – (almost) 20 years later |
title_full | The Flower Report: Libraries without walls – (almost) 20 years later |
title_fullStr | The Flower Report: Libraries without walls – (almost) 20 years later |
title_full_unstemmed | The Flower Report: Libraries without walls – (almost) 20 years later |
title_short | The Flower Report: Libraries without walls – (almost) 20 years later |
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url | https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/jchla/index.php/jchla/article/view/22480 |
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