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This paper was developed from the author’s previously In short, this paper proposes to find out the interrela-
published thesis titled Marketing Culture of Finnish tionship between market-oriented behavior and marketing
Research Libraries (Abo: Abo Akademis Forlag, 2005). knowledge of library and information services profession-
als in the context of Finnish libraries, the focus of this
Function
Reactive approach to marketing
“let the interested customers come
to the library”
Philosophy
Confined to “library- A “customer-centered” guid-
centered” traditional Marketing ing philosophy for the entire
marketing Approaches library
Traditional Marketing
Advocates (Medium Market- Modern Marketing Believers
Oriented) (Strong Market-Oriented)