Constraining Public Libraries The World Trade

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 r

Samuel E. Trosow is assistant professor at the University of Western Ontario Kirsti Nilsen is an adjunct professor at the University of Western Ontario and the University of Toronto

Foreword

v

Paul Whitney

Preface

vii

Introduction: What Has GATS Got to Do with Libraries?

1

(10)

The Scope of GATS Coverage

11

(12)

The GATS Disciplines: Classification and Commitment of Services

23

(22)

Do Public Libraries Operate on a Commercial Basis and Compete with Other Service Suppliers?

45

(44)

The Perils of Privatization: Commercialization and Privatization of Public Libraries and Library Services

89

(26)

Avoiding the Negative Impacts of Trade in Services

115

(34)

Advocacy for Public Libraries

149

(8)

International Trade Policy as Information Policy

157

(18)

Appendix A Pertinent Sections of the GATS Agreement

175

(20)

Appendix B Pertinent Sections of the WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU)

195

(10)

Appendix C The IFLA Position on the World Trade Organization (2001)

205

(6)

Appendix D Canadian Library Association Letter to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

211

(10)

GATS Glossary

221

(6)

Bibliography

227

(20)

Index

247

(14)

About the Authors

261

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

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