Dell’effetto “sostituzione” nelle biblioteche pubbliche e dei comportamenti nelle pratiche di acquisto delle biblioteche

Abstract

The article takes in account the Ministry of Culture fund to books acquisition in “proximity” bookshops, through analysis of answers to a survey about use of this fund within public libraries in Lombardy. The survey has been an opportunity to identify a “replacement effect” amid public libraries in (not only) Lombardy and to discover their purchasing practices, with identification of some behaviors about: various figures of selectors; selection tools; selection criteria and development policies; policies for defense of intellectual freedom ; number, type and content of the books purchased; presence of topics related to sustainability; representation of minorities and diversity; acquisition of titles published by “independent” publishers; relationship with supplier bookshops.