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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)
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 ...
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’ ...
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 ...
Trust in Libraries and Trust in Most People: Social Capital Creation in the Public Library
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014)
Studies of the creation of social trust and social capital indicate that informal social contact has a
positive effect. Some studies find that uncorrupt public institutions have positive effects on trust
and social capital. Additionally, a number of papers show that public libraries have a similar effect.
The mechanisms that generate trust, however, remain largely unspecified. Therefore, ...
Examining libraries as public sphere institutions: Mapping questions, methods, theories, findings, and research gaps
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-04-18)
It is common in the literature to see libraries characterized as public sphere institutions, but the exact processes by which libraries support and engage in the public sphere remain underexplored. Based on a systematic review of the research literature on libraries as public sphere institutions, this study maps the questions, methods, theories, and findings of those scholars and librarians who have ...
Public libraries as public sphere institutions: A comparative study of perceptions of the public library’s role in six European countries
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-09-26)
<i>Purpose</i> – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the role of public libraries as institutions underpinning a democratic public sphere as reasons legitimizing libraries compared to reasons that are more traditional and the actual use of libraries as public sphere arenas. <p>
<p><i>Design/methodology/approach</i> – A survey of representative samples of the adult population in six ...
Public Libraries Worked in the Tohoku Mega-disaster
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-01)
Public libraries play important roles during disaster recovery, even when other government actors fail. Libraries are centers of local information and have local knowledge. Patrons, as well as government agencies and NGOs, benefit from public libraries’ local grounding.
Along with their local communities, many public libraries in the Tohoku region of Japan were severely damaged in the earthquake ...
Programs and strategies for community resilience in a metropolitan public library: A case study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019)
This paper reports a case study on community-oriented public library programs in a metropolitan Texan city. A main purpose of the paper is to report the findings from this explorative case study on the relationship of a public library system with its communities from a community resilience perspective. The study is a part of a research project aiming at creating empirically-based knowledge on the ...