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Public libraries, community resilience, and social capital
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-03)
Introduction: <br> The role of public libraries in contributing to the resilience of their local communities is an underdeveloped area of research. This paper introduces, explores and develops the concept of community resilience in a public library setting.<br> Analysis: <br> The paper opens the broader literature on community resilience and analyses the specific theme of public libraries and community ...
How do public libraries function as meeting places?
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2010)
Public libraries: places creating social capital?
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2009)
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show why studies of public libraries, regarding their possible contribution in creating social capital, are important for social capital research in general, and are important for library practice in particular. Design/methodology/approach – Building on the latest theoretical developments and empirical findings of social capital research, the role of the ...
Gracious space: Library programming strategies towards immigrants as tools in the creation of social capital
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2011)
Recent research on the generation of social trust and social capital gives public institutions prominent roles as instruments for creating social capital, the trust and connections between community members that yield collective action. Less is known about specific institutions and the mechanisms involved in creating social capital. In this paper, public library programs directed towards immigrants ...
Public libraries, social capital, and low intensive meeting places
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2007)
Introduction. This paper presents a research project aiming at eliciting the potential of public libraries in building social capital, and promoting generalized trust in today's multicultural society. Method. Two approaches to research, the societal approach and the institutional approach are identified. The concept of low intensive versus high intensive meeting places is presented. A survey ...
The library profession under pressure in Japan: change in the construction state
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012)
In the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2008, with increasing unemployment, the small effects of economic stimulus packages and debt-ridden economies with deflationary tendencies, many economists see the downward economic trajectory of Japan as a possible route for the rest of the advanced OECD economies. In this context, the way Japanese public library services are affected by the ‘hard times’ ...
Social capital and the multiethnic challenge: The role of the public library
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2007)
The paper talks about the social capital in the form of civic values as generalized trust and norms of reciprocity. What it does mean is that the level of social trust varies between countries and within countries. The author says that the role of the library in creating social capital has not been given great attention in the literature, and its role in generating trust between ethnic groups ...
Evolving and devolving institutions. A perspective on Norwegian public policy towards the IT industry 1945-2000
(Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2007)
Trust and the role of the public library in the integration of refugees: The case of a Northern Norwegian city
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014)
This article discusses how public libraries contribute to the generation of social capital and social trust among refugees participating in library programmes while enrolled in a compulsory government introductory programme to Norwegian language and society. The students’ experiences with the library have made them more trusting toward the institution of the public library and library patrons in ...
Social capital and public libraries: The need for research
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2007)
Empirical research on public libraries and social capital has primarily been oriented toward discovering how libraries contribute to social capital in local contexts, rather than contributing to solving the theoretical puzzles of the social capital literature. In spite of this, it has produced interesting findings that align with new developments in social capital research. These findings emphasize ...