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Public Libraries and Walkable Neighborhoods. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2019 Public libraries constitute a ubiquitous social infrastructure found in nearly every community in the United States and Canada. The hypothesis of this study is that public libraries can be understood as important supports of walking in neighborhoods, not only as walkable destinations, but also as providers of programs that increase walking in ...
Lenstra N, Carlos J.
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Public Libraries As Partners for Health. [PDF]
Prev Chronic Dis, 2018 Public libraries are free and accessible to all and are centers of community engagement and education, making them logical choices as partners for improving population health. Library staff members routinely assist patrons with unmet health and social needs.We used a 100-question, self-administered web survey sent to all library directors listed in the
Whiteman ED +6 more
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Libraries and Accessibility: Istanbul Public Libraries Case
Iconarp International Journal of Architecture and Planning, 2016 In the study; the assessment of accessibility has been conducted in Istanbul public libraries within the scope of public area. Public libraries commonly serve with its user of more than 20 million in total, spread to the general of Turkey, having more ...
Gül Yücel
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Experiences of librarians of public libraries in COVID-19 Pandemic: A case study of Tehran City Park Central Library [PDF]
تحقیقات اطلاعرسانی و کتابخانههای عمومی, 2023 Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic, as an unforeseen phenomenon, brought about many changes both in the services and the way service organizations provide services. Public libraries and their services also faced many challenges as a social and service center.
Marzieh Yeganefar +2 more
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Relationship between Psychological Well-being and Work Overload with the Moderating Role of Perceived Organizational Support among Public Librarians in Isfahan Province [PDF]
تحقیقات اطلاعرسانی و کتابخانههای عمومی, 2021 Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between psychological well-being and work overload with the moderating role of perceived organizational support among librarians of public libraries in Isfahan province during 2020 ...
Zeinab Hemati +3 more
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Vulnerability Propagation in Package Managers Used in iOS Development [PDF]
, 2023 Although using third-party libraries is common practice when writing software, vulnerabilities may be found even in well-known libraries. Detected vulnerabilities are often fixed quickly in the library code. The easiest way to include these fixes in a dependent software application, is to update the used library version.
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Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2023 Background Financial incentives for chief executive officers (CEOs) are thought to motivate them to lead their company toward achieving important business objectives. Based on the Rousseau et al.
Denise Rousseau +5 more
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Examining the position of public libraries in empowering housewives with an emphasis on the capacities of cyberspace [PDF]
تحقیقات اطلاعرسانی و کتابخانههای عمومی, 2023 Purpose: The purpose of this research is to investigate the role of public libraries in the social and economic empowerment of housewives, with an emphasis on the capacities of virtual space, especially social network sites.
Mahdi Narmenji
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The Returns to Public Library Investment [PDF]
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2021 Local governments spend over $12 billion annually funding the operation of 15,427 public libraries in the United States, yet we know little about their effects. We use data describing the near universe of public libraries to show that public library capital investment increases library visits, children’s attendance at library events, and children’s ...
Gilpin, Gregory +2 more
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Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research, 2012 As library systems across Canada begin to grapple with the implications community-led service planning has on program and service development, new tools are being developed to assist library staff.
Kenneth William Williment +1 more
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