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A review of the literature relating to community information suggested that community service organisations (CSOs) could play a significant role in facilitating the flow of community information (CI) within a community as they have frequent contact with the individuals and families who form their clientele as well as with each other. A study showed that CSOs make limited use of formal community information to support their information and referral for clients, and that public libraries could extend their role and identify as the information centre for their community by building stronger links with CSOs and by embracing CI as a core library service. Public libraries and CI services, whether integrated or not, need to connect more with their communities, and be more responsive to them. ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR Copyright of APLIS is the property of Auslib Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts); A review of the literature relating to community information suggested that community service organisations (CSOs) could play a significant role in facilitating the flow of community information (CI) within a community as they have frequent contact with the individuals and families who form their clientele as well as with each other. A study showed that CSOs make limited use of formal community information to support their information and referral for clients, and that public libraries could extend their role and identify as the information centre for their community by building stronger links with CSOs and by embracing CI as a core library service. Public libraries and CI services, whether integrated or not, need to connect more with their communities, and be more responsive to them. ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR Copyright of APLIS is the property of Auslib Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts)
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