The social library in three contexts: Programmes and perspectives
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The social library in three contexts : Programmes and perspectives. / Delica, Kristian Nagel; Elbeshausen, Hans.
I: Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 01.2016, s. 1-9.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - The social library in three contexts
T2 - Programmes and perspectives
AU - Delica, Kristian Nagel
AU - Elbeshausen, Hans
PY - 2016/1
Y1 - 2016/1
N2 - Across different national contexts public libraries have dealt, in diverse yet comparable ways, with the multiple challenges stemmingfrom globalization, migration, marginalization and technological developments. This article argues, by way of dissecting three casesof library planning programmes which focused on centring libraries in their neighbourhoods, that we in recent decades witness thecontours of a social library. Discussing experiences from initiatives in the UK, Canada and Denmark we, notwithstanding significantnational differences, highlight common features – that libraries bring together already existing, but hitherto isolated institutionalknowledge and competencies. We conclude by proposing a tentative typology of ‘the social library’.
AB - Across different national contexts public libraries have dealt, in diverse yet comparable ways, with the multiple challenges stemmingfrom globalization, migration, marginalization and technological developments. This article argues, by way of dissecting three casesof library planning programmes which focused on centring libraries in their neighbourhoods, that we in recent decades witness thecontours of a social library. Discussing experiences from initiatives in the UK, Canada and Denmark we, notwithstanding significantnational differences, highlight common features – that libraries bring together already existing, but hitherto isolated institutionalknowledge and competencies. We conclude by proposing a tentative typology of ‘the social library’.
KW - Det Humanistiske Fakultet
KW - Community-led libraries
KW - library planning programmes
KW - needs-based library service
KW - the social library
KW - responsive rationality
U2 - 10.1177/0961000615622680
DO - 10.1177/0961000615622680
M3 - Tidsskriftartikel
SP - 1
EP - 9
JO - Journal of Librarianship and Information Science
JF - Journal of Librarianship and Information Science
SN - 0961-0006
ER -
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