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Public Libraries as Contemplative Spaces: A Framework for Action and Research

Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association, 2019
This article argues for the concept of public library as contemplative space. Public libraries, beyond their information access and public sphere functions, have an important role to play in cultivating the inner lives of their patrons. This situation is
Ajit K. Pyati
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A review exploring the facets of the value of public libraries

Library Management, 2019
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss a review of the literature on the value of public libraries and propose a preliminary value framework for the public library based on the results.
Cheryl Stenström, Natalie Cole, Rachel Hanson   +2 more
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Public Libraries Positively Impact Quality of Life: A Big Data Study

Public Library Quarterly, 2019
A big data study examining 10 years of North Carolina public library data found that per capita print book circulation had predictive, positive, and statistically significant relationships with five quality of life factors including a community’s level ...
A. Chow, Qianfei Tian
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Enhancing the customer relationship management in public libraries

Library hi tech, 2019
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the possibilities of implementing the customer relationship management (CRM) concept and smart technologies in public libraries in developing countries. The goal was to explore the level of librarians’
Aleksandar Stokic, D. Stojanović, Z. Bogdanović, M. Despotović-Zrakić, B. Radenkovic   +4 more
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The Use of National Public Library Statistics by Public Library Directors

The Library Quarterly, 2001
U.S. national public library statistical programs have provided information on library activity for over half a century. Utilizing statistics to describe and assess the comparative operation of library activities has become a part of library tradition and has received growing attention in the past two decades from researchers, policy makers, library ...
Douglas L. Zweizig, Yan Quan Liu
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The Internet Access and Use in Public Libraries in Limpopo Province, South Africa

Public Library Quarterly, 2019
Citizens, including those living in poor and developing countries, need equitable access to information daily to satisfy their diverse and multiple information needs.
S. Mojapelo
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Library marketing via social media: The relationships between Facebook content and user engagement in public libraries

Online information review (Print), 2018
Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: to explore what kinds of social media content public libraries create to communicate with users online, and to examine the relationships between social media content types and corresponding levels of user ...
Soohyung Joo, Namjoo Choi, T. Baek
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The Public Library in a Changeable Society: Analysis of the Israeli Public Libraries [PDF]

Libri, 1986
Enquete aupres des bibliotheques publiques en Israel pour y deceler les repercussions de l'evolution sociale et mieux connaitre leur implantation dans l'environnement ...
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Democracy and the Public Library

Library Review, 1946
I AM glad to give what support I can to the movement for improving and extending Scotland's library services. It is disappointing that Scotland should lag behind England and some other countries in a matter so important to a nation so dependent on the mental calibre and equipment of her sons and daughters.
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Public Responsibility for a Public Library

Public Library Quarterly, 1985
Les bibliotheques publiques, aux Etats-Unis, devraient tirer leurs ressources du tresor public. Les autorites locales et federales se sentiraient ainsi directement concernes par ce secteur culturel de la vie ...
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