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Alpi, Kristine M., Kayla Del Biondo, and Melissa Rethlefsen. "Evolving from public health libraries as a place to focus on public health librarian expertise." Journal of the Medical Library Association 112, no. 2 (May 22, 2024): 95–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2024.1804.

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Objective: This article describes the evolution of academic public health library services from standalone academic public health libraries in 2004 to centralized services by 2021. Methods: Five public health libraries serving public health graduate programs (SPH) at public and private institutions were visited in 2006-07. Visits comprised tours, semi-structured interviews with librarians and local health department staff, and collecting of contemporary print documents. We compiled and compared visit notes across libraries. In 2022, we reviewed online materials announcing library closure or transition for timing and how services were to be subsequently provided. Results: Libraries and SPH were co-located and most librarians maintained public health expertise though they did not have faculty appointments in their SPHs. Specialized statistical and geographic information systems (GIS) software and data were provided in partnership, often with other system libraries. Only two libraries had strong connections to health departments–one with direct service agreements and another engaged in public health training. Conclusion: Academic public health libraries’ relationships with SPH and health departments did not ensure their existence as standalone entities. Following a national trend for branch libraries, public health information services were centralized into larger health or science libraries. The scope and specialization of librarian expertise continues to be valued with several institutions having librarians dedicated to public health.
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Dent, Nelson. "Book Review: Embedded Business Librarianship for the Public Librarian." Reference & User Services Quarterly 56, no. 3 (April 3, 2017): 212. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/rusq.56n3.212a.

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New public librarians will get a solid return on their investment with Barbara A. Alvarez’s new release, Embedded Business Librarianship for the Public Librarian. Alvarez offers libraries a step-by-step guide to make business services in public libraries a success. As Alvarez points out, not all public librarians have business degrees, and providing business services in public libraries can be daunting to those new to the profession. Luckily, this primer by Alvarez, who served as a business liaison librarian, gives the rest of us a guide for serving as an embedded librarian for the business sector through organized and systematic involvement in the community.
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Macdonald, Anne Therese. "Dedicated business centers in public libraries." Reference Services Review 43, no. 3 (August 10, 2015): 344–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/rsr-02-2015-0007.

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Purpose – The purpose of this study is to determine whether or not a dedicated business center within a public library acts as a key success factor in a public library’s services to the community entrepreneur. Design/methodology/approach – A questionnaire survey was sent to 88 public libraries with dedicated business centers, and posted to BRASS-L and BUSLIB-L, for input from public libraries without business centers. Interviews with three survey respondents and one local city official followed. Findings – Fifty-seven per cent of all respondents felt that a dedicated business center is very essential or essential to the services provided to the entrepreneurial community. The services most often offered were workshops/seminars/classes, counseling sessions by collaborative agencies and one-on-one research sessions with librarians. The majority of responding libraries collaborated with a community business agency (80 per cent). Fifty-one per cent spend between 6 and 20 hours/month on the collaboration. Research limitations/implications – Since 2007, many of the dedicated business centers in public libraries have closed or been consolidated with other sections and services of a public library. This should be further studied. Further research on librarian expertise in market and industry research is recommended. Originality/value – This study updates the business services associated with public libraries business services since the push in the late 1990s for public libraries to be more active in community economic development.
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Nashihuddin, Wahid. "Strategi kemas ulang informasi untuk peningkatan pelayanan perpustakaan di era new normal." Jurnal Kajian Informasi & Perpustakaan 9, no. 1 (June 30, 2021): 59. http://dx.doi.org/10.24198/jkip.v9i1.28767.

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Information repackaging is one of the library's efforts to meet users' information needs in the new normal era. Libraries need to prepare various strategies in providing repackaging products as a library service innovation. This research aimed to describe various aspects and stages of library strategy design in information repackaging in the New normal era. The research used a qualitative approach through literature studies research methods. The results showed that libraries and librarians in the new normal era needed to pay attention to various aspects and stages in designing a digital information repackaging strategy. Aspects of the information repackaging strategy include determining the source of packaging information, types of information repackaging products, and information repackaging methods. Libraries carry out information repackaging strategies by making information repackaging the library’s flagship program and the librarian's main job, understanding the information behavior of the library's native digital users, disseminating digital information packages through social media and collaborative networks, changing the librarian’s role into social librarians and public knowledge and implementing a Marketing and Public Relations (MPR) strategy to disseminate information repackaged products to users. The head of the library plays an important role in supporting librarians in carrying out information repackaging activities. This research concludes that the librarian strategy of repacking information in the new normal era is needed to improve library services that are more creative, interactive, and innovative, in accordance with the user's information needs.
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Torabi, Nazi. "Public Librarians with the Highest Retention Rate are More Likely to Choose their Entire Career Path in Public Libraries." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 6, no. 2 (June 24, 2011): 64. http://dx.doi.org/10.18438/b8mc9j.

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Abstract Objectives – The main objectives of this study were the following: • to analyze the career path and career movement of librarians in Korea • to identify and compare factors influencing the career movement path of chief librarians in public libraries and other librarians • to determine library positions’ turnover rates, average career retention, career reinstatement, proximity between careers, and proximity between different libraries Design – Survey questionnaire. Setting – One survey conducted in college libraries, public libraries, special libraries, school libraries, and library-related service providers in Korea, and another in public libraries in Korea, targeting chief librarians only. Subjects – Librarians were identified from the 2008 Korean Library Yearbook published by the Korean Library Association. Also, more survey recipients in the ‘other category’ were identified through Internet search, directory search, and library ads. A total of 816 librarians participated in the survey. The breakdowns of participants based on the type of library they were working at are the following: First survey: • 282 Public librarians • 268 University librarians • 24 Special librarians • 25 School librarians • 15 Other librarians Second survey: • 202 Chief librarians at public libraries Methods – A total of 2179 questionnaires were distributed twice in May 2009 via mail to different libraries. Postage paid envelopes were provided. A phone call reminder was made to increase the response rate. 614 copies were returned. The total response rate for the survey was 28.18%. The highest response rate was from academic libraries with a total of 37.17% (Table 2 in the article). Six hundred and forty three copies of the questionnaire were sent out to chief librarians and the response rate was 31.42%. The SAS statistical package was used for conducting statistical analysis of the data. The content areas covered in the two questionnaires are listed below in Table 1 [see Table 1 in fulltext]. In order to investigate the career movement path of librarians, participants were asked to identify their current job position plus the first three positions before the current position. Each position equals one phase in the librarians’ career path analysis. The jobs were broadly categorized into public libraries, university libraries, special libraries, schools and school libraries, database and content builders, library automation system developers, MARC companies, agencies, Internet portals, library supply companies, and others. Main Results – The data obtained from those items italicized in Table 1 were used to compare factors influencing the career movement path of chief librarians in public libraries and librarians. The survey results on differences in gender show that most chief librarians (58.9%) were men compare to women (41.1%), while the ratio of women to men librarians is 2:5. Therefore, it is more likely that male librarians decide to become chief librarians. Analyzing the age of respondents indicates that it takes 20 years of library experience before one becomes a chief librarian. Survey results on differences in the final academic degree between librarians and chief librarians show that more librarians (96.7%) held higher graduate degree compare to chief librarians (87.6%) (results calculated form Table 7 - p. 333). Likewise, there are more librarians who studied library and information science (83.3%) compare to chief librarians (55.9%) (Table 8). Comparing the type of certificates held by two groups, it is evident that 26.7% of chief librarians do not have any library related certificates compare to 5.9% of librarians. The survey results suggest that both librarians and chief librarians make effort to increase their knowledge and skills. While librarians spend more time to improve operational aptitude and personal management, chief librarians identify themselves as hard working individuals. The study conducted a simple analysis on factors influencing the career movement of librarians and chief librarians. Those factors differ greatly between librarians and chief librarians. While 25.5% of librarians rank compensation and working conditions as the most important factors, 19.2% of chief librarians report organizational culture as the main motivating factor. Based on the percentage of initial career selected in each job category, the most frequent career paths taken by librarians and chief librarians were identified. A total of 92.9% of public librarians reported that their whole career path was indeed in public libraries. In addition, the average length of service by career movement phase was identified to get shorter from the initial to fourth career for librarians while they intent to stay at their current position the longest (157.8 months). On the other hand, chief librarians have one main career in which they have stayed the longest (116 months). This main career is the position immediately prior to the current job position. The main results of this article are summarized in table 21, based on numbers presented in the tables 12 to 20 in the article. The lowest and highest turnovers were among public librarians (7.1%) and library automation system developer and information professionals at MARC companies (100%). Conversely, the retention rates for all other jobs were also determined. 6.2% of school librarians returned to school libraries after working in other types of libraries. This is the highest rate for returning to the previous job. The proximity between different types of careers was analyzed based on combining the numbers of instances of career movement from the initial to the forth career. The highest rate of proximity is always the movement between the same types of career. The two highest (not same career type) career movements are university library and public library (2.65%) and university library and special library (2.32%). Conclusion – It is more likely that male librarians will take on leadership responsibilities in public libraries. Usually, it takes 20 years of library experience before one becomes chief librarian. More librarians hold higher graduate degrees compared to chief librarians. This study also analyzes factors influencing the career movement of librarians and chief librarians. Those factors differ greatly between librarians and chief librarians. The lowest retention rate was 0% for library automation system developers and information professionals at MARC companies, whereas the highest retention rate was for public librarians followed by university libraries. The highest rate for return-to-first-job belongs to school libraries. It is noteworthy to mention that chief librarians have one main career in which they have stayed the longest. This main career is the position immediately before to the current job position. It usually occurs in the midcareer phase and it is when the individual has spent more time developing their skills and expertise and has been getting ready for their leadership role.
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Lenstra, Noah, and Martha McGehee. "Public librarians and public health: How do partners perceive them?" Journal of Library Outreach and Engagement 2, no. 1 (July 12, 2022): 66–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.21900/j.jloe.v2i1.883.

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Public libraries are increasingly recognized as community partners that improve the reach of health promotion organizations. The capacity of libraries to support community-based health initiatives has previously been studied through case studies in particular communities. Few national studies have considered how and why public libraries are perceived as part of the community health environment. With the aim of understanding how libraries are perceived in the context of promoting healthy eating and active living, this article examines the characteristics of successful community partnerships involving public libraries. This article uses data from interviews with librarians and their partners in 18 communities in 16 states across the United States. Case studies selection utilized a sentinel community approach to identify public libraries that self-identify as actively involved in community based health initiatives. Findings indicate that libraries are seen as trusted connectors, community experts, and organizations that share goals with health promotion organizations. Nevertheless, the strength of these partnerships is diminished by several factors. Improving and codifying community collaborations involving public libraries is identified as an opportunity to address this trend. The discussion focuses on how increased understanding of this trend both within the public health and within the public library profession would contribute to better including public libraries and public librarians in the promotion of community health.
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Saptaastuti, Rikarda Ratih. "Role of Reference Librarian in Public Relations Activity Role of Reference Librarian in Public Relations Activity in University Library." Pustabiblia: Journal of Library and Information Science 1, no. 2 (February 27, 2018): 239. http://dx.doi.org/10.18326/pustabiblia.v1i2.239-250.

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The library cannot achieve its goals without cooperation with the internal and external public. Therefore, libraries need PR (public relations) in their efforts to achieve their goals. The activity of the university library is directly or indirectly related with the PR activity since it is the part of PR activities to promote the image and the use of the library. The implementation of public relations activities in libraries has actually been performed by reference librarians. Reference librarians can use a variety of printed and online media, or convey information directly related to library services to users. With the recent development of information technology, using online search tools to seek information is more preferable by users than asking the reference librarian. Though online information tracking tool to organize information is more sophisti- cated presenting for users, users will still need libraries and referral services to find relevant information, as there are things that are not provided by online services such as selection, organization, provision of access, interpretation of relevant information, which can only be done by reference librarians. Reference librarians perform their duties by serving users in providing answers to questions or guiding users, and by creating awareness that the services provided by the library help promote maximum utilization of the library. PR officers through reference librarians attempt to attract the users’ attention through the provision and dissemination of information, and to serve as well as a liaison between the libraries with the users. PR becomes a necessity in libraries as PR activities will drive library function effectively and help promote library services more optimally.
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Molenda, Radosław. "The Specific Features of Public Relations Maintained by Libraries, Acting as Cultural Institutions." Cultural Management: Science and Education 4, no. 1 (June 25, 2020): 145–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.30819/cmse.4-1.09.

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Showing the specificity of the work of the contemporary library, and the variety of its tasks, which go far beyond the lending of books. The specificity of the library’s public relations concerning different aspects of its activity. The internal and external functions of the library’s public relations and their specificity. The significant question of motivating the social environment to use the offer of libraries, and simulta-neously the need to change the negative perception of the library, which discourages part of its poten-tial users from taking advantage of its services. The negative stereotypes of librarians’ work perpetuated in the public consciousness and their harmful character. The need to change the public relations of libra-ries and librarians with a view to improving the realization of the tasks they face. Showing the public relations tools which may serve to change the image of librarians and libraries with particular emphasis on social media. This article is a review article, highlighting selected research on the librarian’s stereo-type and suggesting actions that change the image of librarians and libraries.
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Stilwell, Christine. "Information as currency, democracy, and public libraries." Library Management 39, no. 5 (June 11, 2018): 295–306. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/lm-08-2017-0078.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to endorse the notion that information is the currency of democracy and explore the question of the public library’s role in promoting democracy through the provision of access to information. Design/methodology/approach A review of the literature and a case study are used. Findings From the early days of the public library, there has been a certain democratic paternalism in librarians’ views on public libraries, and ambivalence about the extent to which these libraries have provided information to the whole population. Despite this finding, the paper explores the public library’s role in providing information; the currency of information. Public libraries can contribute to the renewal of a democratic public sphere by providing free and ready access to knowledge and information, as well as safe and trusted social spaces for the exchange of ideas, creativity, and decision making. Originality/value The paper examines material from the dawn of the public library to current concerns about the role of these libraries in providing access to information, in revitalising citizenship and fostering democracy. It draws on the well-known example of the birth of democracy in South Africa and on discussions of public library neutrality and activism in contemporary France, describing limits on the achievements of libraries in these countries in the context of some current, promising examples from the USA, Britain, Denmark, and Australia.
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Hoppenfeld, Jared, and Elizabeth Malafi. "Engaging with entrepreneurs in academic and public libraries." Reference Services Review 43, no. 3 (August 10, 2015): 379–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/rsr-02-2015-0011.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how academic and public libraries support entrepreneurial researchers and, in doing so, demonstrate impact and share best practices. Design/methodology/approach – The authors discuss their own experiences as academic and public business librarians who support entrepreneurs. They do so by revealing the main services they provide to this unique user group and presenting examples from their own institutions. They also present what is done at other libraries by way of a literature review and an informal survey. Findings – After navigating the landscape of business librarian support of entrepreneurs, many commonalities were found among the types of support offered. Most libraries in this study collaborate with a business incubator, center for entrepreneurship, office of economic development or small business development center in some fashion. Numerous outreach and networking efforts were found that had positive effects on the local and national economies. Although public and academic libraries have different base user groups, both types of libraries serve current and potential entrepreneurs, as well as students, who are looking for similar data in the same kinds of resources. Originality/value – Although specific examples can be found in the literature, little has been published that provides an overview of the entrepreneurial services and resources provided at numerous libraries of different types as well as resulting impact. This paper fills this gap and should provide new ideas to librarians of all kinds wishing to reach entrepreneurs.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Public libraries"

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Nicholls, Matthew. "Roman public libraries." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2005. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:b13e1d31-e076-4923-b147-5074d7f85770.

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This thesis aims to investigate the development and functions of public libraries in Rome and the Roman world. After a preface with maps of libraries in Rome, Section I discusses the precursors for public library provision in the private book collections of Republican Rome, and their transfer into the public domain with the first public libraries of Asinius Pollio and Augustus. Section II contains three 'case studies' of public libraries' different roles. The Augustan library programme is used in Ch.II.l to examine the role of imperial public libraries in literary life and the connections between Rome's libraries and those of Alexandria. Chapter II.2 concentrates on the libraries of Trajan's Forum to explore the intersection of imperial public libraries and monumental public architecture. This chapter responds to an important recent article by arguing for the continued identification of the Forum's libraries with twin brick buildings at its northern end, and suggests a series of correspondences between these libraries and its other monumental components. The conclusions of this chapter are important when considering the public libraries of the wider empire, several of which seem to have been inspired by the Trajanic libraries. Chapter II.3 considers imperial public libraries and leisure by looking at the evidence for libraries within bath-house complexes, concluding that their presence there is consistent with the archaeological and epigraphic evidence and fits in well with what we know of the intellectual and cultural life of these structures. Section III examines various aspects of the practical function of Roman public libraries: their contents (books and archives), division into Latin and Greek sections, provisions for shelving and cataloguing, staff, usership, architectural form, decoration, and housing of works of art. The picture that emerges is of carefully designed and functional buildings intended to sustain public, monumental, and practical functions. Section IV uses a variety of texts to examine the way in which libraries were viewed and used. Ch. IV. 1 discusses the evidence for use of libraries by scholars and authors such as Gellius, Galen, Josephus, and Apuleius. Ch. IV.2 examines parallels between library collections and compendious encyclopaedic elements within Roman literature and considers how library collections came to be canon-forming institutions and vehicles for the expression of imperial approval or disapproval towards authors. The channels through which this imperial influence flowed are investigated in Ch. IV.3, which looks at the directors and staff of the public libraries of Rome. The final section (V) of the thesis concerns public libraries outside the city of Rome. Provincial libraries provide a useful case study in 'Romanisation': they reveal a range of influences and are shown to embody local, personal, and metropolitan imperial identities. There follows a brief conclusion, and a bibliography. There are also five appendices of numismatic and epigraphic material discussed in the text. This material has not been adequately or completely gathered elsewhere and is intended to assist the reader; where appropriate it includes illustrations, transcriptions, and translations.
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Hilliard, William. "Stockholm's Public Libraries: Essential Public Spaces." Thesis, KTH, Urbana och regionala studier, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-298443.

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Public libraries are too often overlooked within the planning field. They reflect the cities in which they are situated and reveal the complex societal processes that take place there. Neoliberalism directly impacts the function of the public library and, as a result of leaving urban dwellers with fewer and fewer public alternatives, multiplies and modifies the demands made of it. Through semi structured interviews with professionals within the Stockholm library system, this research contributes to the planning field’s understanding of the public library as a public space and explores the way it is perceived as social, inclusive, and democratic. The interviews are analysed through a conceptual framework that combines literature from the field of urban planning with that of the library and information sciences, drawing additionally on variegated concepts of neoliberalism. The results suggest that the public library is considered by those professionally involved to be an inclusive and multicultural meeting place, which, with the support of librarians, promotes democratic principles through the largely expectation-free welcoming of patrons. Further analysis reveals neoliberal processes to be considered a threat to these characteristics and that this, alongside issues of equality and inclusivity, charges the library as a political space. The research posits the public library an indicator of wider societal processes and encourages planners, as well as other civic practitioners, to better exploit its underutilised informative and practical potential.
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Koo, Wah-hung, and 顧華紅. "Job motivation of assistant librarians in Hong Kong Public Libraries." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B46773460.

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Magnussen, Amanda, and n/a. "The development of virtual libraries in Commonwealth libraries in Australia." University of Canberra. Information Management & Tourism, 2002. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060829.130944.

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This research examines the development of virtual libraries in Commonwealth libraries in Australia in 1998-1999. The background to the study lies in some of the current issues in the information sector, and government responses to those issues. The study begins by considering the nature of the Australian Commonwealth Government, reviewing what government libraries are and whom they serve, and examining the future trends expected to affect Commonwealth libraries. The current state of virtual library research is then reviewed, and the need for research in the Commonwealth library sector examined. The author reviews the virtual library concept as expressed in the literature in the field, determines what a virtual library is, and gives consideration to why virtual libraries are being developed. The issues that affect and are affected by virtual library development are then examined. Based on this, a model of virtual libraries is formulated, along with a brief consideration of the possible application, importance and problems associated with each element of the model. The research design and methods that were used to gather information for this study are then outlined, along with the inherent limitations of the research model. Following this, the findings from a survey of virtual library development in Commonwealth libraries are discussed. The author then conducts some analysis of these responses, and makes comparisons between different Commonwealth library responses, as well as comparisons with virtual library studies conducted in American and Australian academic libraries. The research concludes by attempting to reach some conclusions about Commonwealth virtual library development and the validity of the proposed model of virtual libraries. Flowing from this, recommendations are made for further research in this field.
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Goodall, Deborah Lynne. "Research activities in public libraries." Thesis, Northumbria University, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.367475.

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This thesis focuses on the relationship between public libraries, that is, those library services provided by local authorities under the 1964 Public Libraries and Museums Act for use by the general public, and research conducted in such services by professional library staff - 'practitioner-researchers'- within the local government context. The aims of the study are: • To examine the relationships between local authorities, public library services, and research activities. • To review and evaluate contemporary research activities in public library services carried out by practitioner-researchers. • To identify and investigate the use of particular research methods and techniques used by practitioner-researchers. • To analyse, and provide a clear understanding of, limitations in current practice. Chapter One introduces the study and states the parameters and constraints of the research. The time period covered by this thesis is from the 1964 Public Libraries and Museums Act until April 1998. Chapter Two argues that as local government moves from a traditional model of service provision to a model of activities in support of strategic policy objectives, more attention will need to be given to 'deep' research in order to address cross-cutting issues. Chapter Three reviews the public library research scene from three perspectives, historical, thematic and current, and demonstrates the emergence of a more coherent approach with co-ordination and funding at a national level. It also shows that research methods remain undeveloped in the public library service as a whole. Research activity is largely confined to simpler issues of service development and does not extend to research addressing the impact of the service. Chapter Four outlines and explains the methodology used for the fieldwork. It demonstrates the rigour incorporated in the naturalistic inquiry approach, verifies the sample, and describes the process of data analysis. Chapter Five examines current practice in public library services through a series of twenty interviews with Chief Librarians. An overview of the findings is followed by a more detailed analysis which draws from the qualitative data. The analysis is set in context, making links with the earlier literature reviews. The closing section broadens the discussion to consider the influence of research on policy. Chapter Six synthesises the themes of the thesis. A description of the new agenda, and an analysis of its implications for research and organisational structures, enables a reconsideration of the rationale for research in local government. It is argued that simply demonstrating the relevance of the service is not enough; the real contribution of research must be in terms of policy development. Approaches to research, and in particular research methods, are reviewed to assess their suitability and a way forward is identified.
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Hörning, Beate. "Volunteering in US public libraries." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Philosophische Fakultät I, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/17600.

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Im Mittelpunkt der Arbeit steht das soziale Phänomen Volunteering in der sozialen Institution Public Library mit konkretem Bezug auf die Gegebenheiten in den USA. Die Behandlung des Themas erfolgt auf der Basis von Quellen sowie den Ergebnissen einer qualitativen Untersuchung. Zunächst werden die historischen Hintergründe von Volunteering und Philanthropie in den Vereinigten Staaten sowie die Entwicklungsgeschichte der US Public Libraries beschrieben und diskutiert. Zwischen beiden Phänomenen werden Zusammenhänge aufgezeigt. In diesem Kontext wird auch die Rolle Andrew Carnegies herausgearbeitet. Des Weiteren werden der gegenwärtige Stand der Freiwilligenforschung mit den Schwerpunkten Motivation und Volunteer-Management sowie das Wirken von Volunteers in US Public Libraries unter politischen, soziologischen und administrativen Gesichtspunkten erörtert. In Auswertung der qualitativen Untersuchung, die eine Kombination aus Feldforschung und problemzentrierten Interviews – durchgeführt in insgesamt 31 Public Libraries in elf US-Bundesstaaten – darstellt, werden eine Reihe von Erkenntnissen gewonnen, die unter anderem Rückschlüsse auf die Bibliotheksspezifik von Volunteering – insbesondere in Hinsicht auf die Motivation zur Freiwilligenarbeit sowie dem Volunteer-Management – ermöglichen.
This thesis describes the social phenomenon of volunteering in the public library as a social institution, focused on the situation in the United States of America. The paper is based on a literature review and on findings of a qualitative study. After discussing the history of volunteering, philanthropy, the American public library, and Andrew Carnegie’s role, there will be a review on research on volunteerism. Thereby, the focus is laid upon aspects of volunteer motivation as well as volunteer management in the US in general and particular in libraries. Furthermore, a compilation and interpretation of library volunteer coordinators’ materials, manuals, and reports will be presented. The results of the qualitative study which is based on a combination of field research and problem-centered interviews – held in 31 public libraries in eleven US states – will be discussed in detail. Among others, the results lead to the conclusion that – especially concerning several motivational and management aspects – public library volunteering is quite specific in comparison to volunteer work in other facilities and institutions.
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Mansfield, Peter Gerald, and mikewood@deakin edu au. "Public libraries in Ballarat: 1851-1900." Deakin University. School of Australian and International Studies, 2000. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20051202.084508.

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This thesis analyses the development of the Ballarat East Free Library (1859), the Ballarat Mechanics’ Institute Library (1859) and the City of Ballaarat Free Library (1878) within the broader context of public librarianship in Victoria between 1851-1900. Mechanics’ Institute libraries and free libraries represent the major derivatives of a nineteenth-century library model that emphasised the pursuit of lifelong learning, private reading and the enjoyment of genteel recreational facilities. The circumstances that led to the formation of an Institute and a free library in Ballarat in, 1,859 provide a unique opportunity to analyse the public library model for two reasons. These libraries were established in a remarkable goldfield city that enjoyed a number of economic and cultural advantages and secondly, the Ballarat Mechanics’ Institute Library and the Ballarat East Free Library experienced such spectacular growth that by 1880 they were two of the largest public libraries in Australia. However, it is argued that this growth cycle could not be sustained due to a combination of factors including low membership levels, limited funding for recurrent expenditure purposes, and heightened dissatisfaction with the book collections. Libraries began to stagnate in the late-1880s and the magnitude of this collapse in Ballarat, and throughout the colony, was subsequently confirmed with the publication of a national survey of Australian libraries in 1935. The ‘Munn-Pitt’ report found that public libraries had provided a better service in 1880 than at any other time in the next six decades. Four conclusions are drawn in this comparative analysis of the Ballarat Mechanics’ Institute Library, the Ballarat East Free Library, and to a lesser extent, the City of Ballaarat Free Library, between 1851-1900. Firstly, is it shown that the literature places considerable emphasis on the formation of public libraries but is far less critical of the long-term viability of the public library model as it evolved in Ballarat and throughout the colony in the nineteenth century. Secondly, whilst Ballarat and its library committees benefited from the city's prosperity and the entrepreneurial zeal of its pioneers, these same library committees were unable to overcome the structural flaws in the public library model or to dispel the widespread belief that libraries were elitist organisations. As a consequence, membership of the major libraries in Ballarat never exceeded 4% of the total population. Thirdly, it is acknowledged that an absence of records relating to book borrowing habits by individuals limits is a limiting factor, but this problem has been addressed, in part, by undertaking a comparative analysis of collection development policies, invoices, lists of popular authors and books, public comment and the book borrowing patterns of a number of comparable libraries in central Victoria. These resources provide a number of insights into the reading habits of library patrons in Ballarat in the late-nineteenth century. Finally, this thesis focuses on the management policies and practices of each library committee in Ballarat in order to move beyond the traditional explanation for the demise of nineteenth-century libraries and to propose an alternative explanation for the stagnation of public libraries in Ballarat in the mid-1880s. The traditional explanation for the demise of colonial libraries was the sudden reduction in government funding in the 1890s, whereas this thesis argues that a combination of factors, including the unresolved tensions with regard to libraries collection development policies, committee and municipal rivalry, and increasing conservatism, had already damaged the credibility of Ballarat’s libraries by the mid-1880s. It is argued that the intense rivalry between library committees resulted in an unnecessary duplication of services and an inadequate membership base. It is also argued that the increasingly conservative, un-cooperative and uninviting attitudes of these library committees discouraged patronage and as a direct consequence, membership and daily visitor rates of the free and Institute libraries in Ballarat plummeted by 80% between 1880-1900.
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Conrad, Kathryn M. "Public Libraries as Publishers: Critical Opportunity." Michigan Publishing, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/623638.

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Libraries have a long and distinguished history of publishing, since their earliest days. Traditionally libraries published to expose their collections through bibliographies, facsimiles, and catalogs. While the Internet has made discovery and dissemination of library holdings easier than ever before, digital publishing technologies have also unlocked compelling new purposes for library publishing, including through Open Access publishing initiatives. The self-publishing explosion and availability of self-publishing tools and services geared to libraries have heralded new opportunities for libraries, especially public libraries, to engage their communities in new ways. By supporting self-publishing initiative in their communities, public libraries can promote standards of quality in self-publishing, provide unique opportunities to engage underserved populations, and become true archives of their communities.
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Cochenour, John J. "The educational role of Oklahoma public libraries." Full-text version available from OU Domain via ProQuest Digital Dissertations, 1990. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/26457309.html.

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Robinson, Katherine. "An everyday public? : placing public libraries in London and Berlin." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2014. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3090/.

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This thesis is a study of three public libraries, two in the Berlin district of Wedding, and one in Thornton Heath, south London. In these neighbourhoods with high levels of ethnic diversity, poverty and transience, the libraries offer a ‘window’ onto their localities, spaces in which local concerns, ideas and practices of contemporary multicultural urban life are played out. Through ethnographic fieldwork in two European cities, this thesis reflects on the particularity of the library as a local institution, and the ways in which larger political concerns emerge in these institutions. In interviews with library staff and in participatory work with library users, I trace how forms of social need and competency, questions of social difference and social justice, and pervasive concerns with demonstrations of value are spoken and unspoken in each site. In considering institutional narratives from library staff alongside the voices of library users, multiple interests and needs are made audible, and the library emerges as a space where expectations and priorities must be negotiated on a daily basis. The thesis explores the library as offering forms of public life and visibility to groups for whom ‘publicness’ is not a given: young children, older women, and teenagers. It argues for the library as an important interstitial space, a place ‘between’ the public life of the street and other forms of public participation, and as a site of social mediation. At the same time, it demonstrates the contingency of public space, the tensions around its use, and points where the library comes up against the limits of its institutional capacity. This thesis contributes to the sociology of public life, public space and public goods, exploring these issues through a highly visible yet under-researched institution, ‘placing’ this discussion within a nuanced account of the city neighbourhoods in which the research is located.
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Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries. and Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment., eds. Better public libraries. London: Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, 2003.

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Québec (Province). Public Libraries Act. [Québec, Québec]: Éditeur officiel, 1988.

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Ekbote, Gopalrao. Public libraries system. Hyderabad: Ekbote Brothers, 1987.

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Mulgan, Geoff. The public service ethos & public libraries. Stroud: Comedia, 1993.

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Denmark. Danish Public Libraries Act. Copenhagen: Danish National Library Authority, 1994.

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Goss, Gilroy &. Associates Ltd. French public libraries study. [Toronto]: Ontario Ministry of Culture and Communications, 1990.

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Hennah, Kevin. Public libraries image handbook. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: State Library of Victoria, 2005.

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Sandy, Norman, ed. Copyright in public libraries. 4th ed. London: Library Association Pub., 1999.

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Association, Library, ed. Copyright in public libraries. London: Library Association, 1990.

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Esperanza, M. Public and academic libraries. Jaipur: Printwell, 1991.

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Irwin, Raymond. "The Roman Public Libraries." In The Heritage of the English Library, 76–90. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003247555-5.

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Minto, John. "Libraries for the Blind—Hospital Libraries—Children's Libraries—School Libraries." In A History of the Public Library Movement in Great Britain and Ireland, 289–300. London: Routledge, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003545200-18.

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Minto, John. "The Public Libraries Act, 1850." In A History of the Public Library Movement in Great Britain and Ireland, 80–95. London: Routledge, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003545200-5.

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Bonsignore, Elizabeth, Derek Hansen, and Kari Kraus. "Designing Alternate-Reality Games for the Public Library’s Summer Reading Programs." In Reconceptualizing Libraries, 78–98. New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.: Routledge, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315143422-6.

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Minto, John. "County Libraries." In A History of the Public Library Movement in Great Britain and Ireland, 272–79. London: Routledge, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003545200-16.

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Costello, Laura. "Public Libraries." In Evaluating Demand-Driven Acquisitions, 113–20. Elsevier, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-08-100946-8.00009-0.

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"Public Libraries." In Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research, 5216. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_103303.

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"Public Libraries." In Universal Access and Its Asymmetries, 91–104. The MIT Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/11281.003.0009.

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Karbach, Laura. "Public Libraries." In Library Science and Administration, 1040–70. IGI Global, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3914-8.ch049.

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The author, as part of a Master Thesis study, analyzes the impact public library services and programs have in the lives of local Mexican mothers with children attending school in the United States and provides suggestions on ways to improve outreach of services and support. Results related to library use, parental involvement, service and programs, challenges including funding, Spanish-speaking staff, pre-conceived ideas, and awareness issues, as well as the largest issue of outreach are all discussed. In addition, outreach solutions are offered and the overall benefits of the study are assessed.
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Lankes, R. David. "Public Libraries." In The New Librarianship Field Guide, 145–52. The MIT Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/9780262529082.003.0016.

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Conference papers on the topic "Public libraries"

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Nicoglu, Corina. "MODERN TECHNIQUES OF CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES." In eLSE 2018. Carol I National Defence University Publishing House, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.12753/2066-026x-18-271.

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The Informational Society has imposed a set of rules on the professionals from various domains but, for the information based librarians, even a broader set of rules applies. Together, the diversification of public services, the hybrid library and the digital literacy contribute to forming new ways of cultivating professional development. Library professionals now have a vast area of attributes to fulfill, having to combine both the traditional librarian tasks with the use of the latest technologies and equipment regarding IT&C, project management, trainings, sociology or STEM. Continuous professional training is one of the attributes of an efficient management. Even since hiring, it is important to correctly identify an employee's skills, evaluate them regularly and add new ones through professional training. Only highly trained librarians can deliver quality services. In this context, knowledge management has a fundamental role. With its help we can create new collective tools for professional development. On the other hand, knowledge is based on learning, therefore, this articles will present the methods through which those concepts can be applied in the Romanian libraries by the use of modern technologies and high quality management of human resources. In this articles, in order to train good specialists in the Information Science, we propose modern e-learning and e-evaluation models and, based on their intrinsic advantages, we have them recommended to our associations and to the Library and Information Science education forms, but also to the library managers. Starting from the existing realities in a library, a plan will be presented which will be based on the identification of the skills and abilities necessary for the modern librarian profession. Certainly, implementing these methods would lead to a greater efficiency in training with much lower costs for institutions.
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Guerreiro, João, and Ana B. Ríos Hilario. "Features of public libraries today." In the First International Conference. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2536536.2536629.

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Sung, Hui-Yun, Mark Hepworth, and Gillian Ragsdell. "Community engagement in public libraries." In the 2011 iConference. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1940761.1940922.

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Mukanova, Polly, and Sabina Eftimova. "LIFELONG LEARNING AND LIBRARIES: BEST PRACTICES IN BULGARIAN PUBLIC LIBRARIES." In 14th International Technology, Education and Development Conference. IATED, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.21125/inted.2020.1383.

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Huang, Youjun, and Dengjie Huang. "Quantitative Evaluation Study of Public Libraries." In 2011 International Conference on Intelligence Science and Information Engineering (ISIE). IEEE, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/isie.2011.99.

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Weber, Nicholas, and Bree Norlander. "Open Data Publishing by Public Libraries." In 2019 ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL). IEEE, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/jcdl.2019.00031.

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Fisher, Karen E., Samantha Becker, and Michael Crandall. "eGovernment Services Use and Impact through Public Libraries: Preliminary Findings from a National Study of Public Access Computing in Public Libraries." In 2010 43rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. IEEE, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/hicss.2010.451.

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Katsirikou, Anthi, and Ageliki Oikonomou. "User Centred Libraries and Brand Name: The Case of Greek Public Libraries." In Proceedings of the International Conference on QQML2010. WORLD SCIENTIFIC, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789814350303_0005.

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Pors, Niels Ole. "Leadership and Service Provision in Public Libraries." In Proceedings of the International Conference on QQML2009. WORLD SCIENTIFIC, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789814299701_0005.

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Lin, Zhi, Yuan Li, and Qinglin Wang. "Cultural Event Extraction for Chinese Public Libraries." In 2019 34rd Youth Academic Annual Conference of Chinese Association of Automation (YAC). IEEE, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/yac.2019.8787617.

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Reports on the topic "Public libraries"

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Savu, Alin, Bogdan Pălici, Maria Trifon, and Cristian Georgescu. Public Libraries: Dynamics of Infrastructure and Access. National Institute for Cultural Research and Training, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.61789/pub.cdi.bibp.en.23.

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"This publication presents the last decades’ dynamics of some essential aspects regarding the network of public libraries in Romania. The first chapter illustrates the territorial distribution of public libraries on an interactive map with disaggregation down to locality level. Subsequently, the chapter presents a dynamic comparison of the evolution of public libraries at county level between 1995 and 2022. Next, the second chapter interactively addresses the complementary topic of the population’s access to the public library in the locality of residence. Over the past three decades, the number of active public libraries has seen considerable declines. Inherently, the access of the population to the public library in the locality of residence decreased. Therefore, citizens’ access to culture and education is increasingly restricted."
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Sobel, Karen, and Cassi Pretlow. Service blueprinting for public services in academic libraries. Taylor and Francis, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.25261/ir000000067.

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Tenopir, Carol, and Read Eleanor. Database Use Patterns in Academic and Public Libraries. University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries, June 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.7290/nkgi7z4.

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Balaji, Preedip, Vinay M S, and Mohan Raju J S. A Policy Review of Public Libraries in India. Indian Institute for Human Settlements, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.24943/prpliwp1.2018.

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Rasmussen, K. Production of Arrayed and Rearrayed cDNA Libraries for Public Use. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), August 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/878601.

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Reimers, Imke, and Joel Waldfogel. The First Sale Doctrine and the Digital Challenge to Public Libraries. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, August 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w30392.

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Bolstad, Rachel. Game-coding workshops in New Zealand public libraries: Evaluation of a pilot project. New Zealand Council for Educational Research, May 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.18296/rep.0002.

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Lopez, Sindy, Sage Love, and Melissa Blankstein. Exploring Basic Needs Support Across Public and Community College Libraries: Opportunities for Collaboration. Ithaka S+R, July 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.18665/sr.321005.

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Band, Jonathan. Justice Breyer, Copyright, and Libraries. Association of Research Libraries, May 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.29242/breyercopyright2022.

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On the occasion of Associate Justice Stephen Breyer retiring at the end of this US Supreme Court term, Jonathan Band, who represents and advises the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) on copyright issues, wrote a reflection on Breyer’s impact on the application of copyright law to libraries. In this brief paper, Band reviews Breyer’s majority opinion in Kirtsaeng v. Wiley (2013), which clarified that the first-sale doctrine applied to copies manufactured abroad, and the dissenting opinion Breyer wrote in Golan v. Holder (2012), in which the associate justice drew heavily on amicus briefs filed by the library community and provided language on the important role of libraries in preserving cultural heritage that can be cited in future cases. These two opinions, Band concludes, “reflect a deep understanding of the impact of copyright on libraries, an appreciation for the historic mission of libraries in promoting cultural heritage and making information accessible to the public, and an effort to apply the copyright law in a manner that does not interfere with this mission.”
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Mian, Anam. ARL Annual Salary Survey 2022. Association of Research Libraries, November 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.29242/salary.2022.

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This report analyzes salary data for professional staff working in 125 of the 126 ARL member libraries during 2022. Data are reported for 10,715 professional staff from the 119 university ARL libraries in Canada and the United States and for 1,116 professional staff of the 6 US federal, nonprofit, and public ARL libraries. In the Salary Survey, data for university library staff are usually reported in three distinct groups: general library systems, health sciences libraries, and law libraries.
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