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Response to COVID-19 Pandemic: Where Do Public Libraries Stand?

Public Library Quarterly, 2020
This paper aims to identify how public libraries used Twitter in the initial months after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Content analysis was performed on a dataset of 9,450 tweets published by 38 public libraries in New York City between ...
B. Alajmi, Dalal Albudaiwi
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Social Work in Australian Public Libraries: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Social Justice

Public Library Quarterly, 2020
Public library staff are increasingly required to work with members of the public with high social needs. Public libraries are places of sanctuary and connection for people experiencing challenges such as homelessness, poverty, mental illness, domestic ...
J. Garner, Leanne Mitchell, Karen Bell, A. Lockwood, Sabine Wardle   +4 more
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Information in Crisis: Analysing the Future Roles of Public Libraries during and post-COVID-19

, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused disruption to public library services and systems in Australia and around the world. The social, cultural, economic and commercial impacts of the pandemic will require creativity and adaptability at both an individual and
Jade Smith
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The Impact of Humanoid Robots on Australian Public Libraries

Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association, 2020
‘Humanoid robots’ or ‘social robots’ are an emerging generation of robots that have abilities to perceive their environment, recognise faces, read emotions and communicate with people.
Linh Cuong Nguyen
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Public libraries and the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

, 2020
As motors of change driving development, public libraries, with their commitment to information provision and access, are crucial to the realization of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Marc R. H. Kosciejew
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Jordanian Public Libraries in Relation to Achieving SDGs: Shoman Library in Action

Public Library Quarterly, 2020
In 2015, the United Nations (UN) called for a better world through 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Public libraries offer a wide range of services that can contribute to creating effective change in societies.
D. Tbaishat
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Libraries and Their Publics: Rhetorics of the Public Library

Rhetoric Review, 2015
Arguments about the future of libraries are more trenchant than ever. Yet questions about the nature of public libraries are inseparable from questions about their public character. Historically, competing arguments about the ideal relationship between libraries and their publics have mirrored evolving technologies that affect a library’s potential ...
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Publications and the Library

2021
Information is knowledge communicated through any media, which includes sensible statements, facts, principles, concepts, opinions, interpretations, and ideas. Information becomes knowledge only when it is conceived and understood. We get information from various sources such as documents, organizations, teachers, experts, colleagues, and even lay ...
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The Public Library

2008
Public Libraries have changed beyond anyone's predictions in the past ten years and are at a vital stage in their historical development. This timely book is the first stand-alone text to examine the role and services of the UK public library in the 21st century context.
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Public libraries and 21st century digital equity goals

Communication Research and Practice, 2019
Public libraries have historically positioned themselves as pillars of information and inclusion in society. Free, available to all, with materials in multiple languages and formats, libraries are possibly the most inclusive public institution.
S. Strover
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