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Wagner, Robin. "What Munn Missed: The Queensland Schools of Arts." Queensland Review 20, no. 2 (October 30, 2013): 187–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/qre.2013.20.

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American Librarian Ralph Munn's historic tour of Australian libraries in 1934 is well documented. Along with Ernest Pitt, Chief Librarian of the State Library of Victoria, he spent nearly ten weeks travelling from Sydney and back again, visiting libraries in all the state capitals and many regional towns throughout the country. Munn's trip was funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, which was then, through its Dominions fund, turning attention to philanthropic opportunities in the Antipodes. The resulting report, Australian Libraries: A Survey of Conditions and Suggestions for their Improvement (commonly referred to as the Munn–Pitt Report) is often credited with initiating the public library movement in Australia.

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Waller, Vivienne. "Legitimacy for large public libraries in the digital age." Library Review 57, no. 5 (May 23, 2008): 372–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00242530810875159.

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to critically analyse recent developments in the relationship of large public libraries with digital technologies, suggesting a way of rethinking the future of large public libraries.Design/methodology/approachThis paper bases its critical analysis on a review of the literature and reference to specific cases. Historical quotes preceding sections augment the argument that many of the current concerns about digital technologies are not new issues for libraries.FindingsIssues around library take up of digital technology are continuations of debates that have occurred throughout the history of public libraries about the role of the library. In Australia, library policy makers are focusing on technology and an imagined user in an effort to prove the legitimacy of large public libraries to funding bodies, the library profession and library users. Such attempts seem doomed to fail.Practical implicationsPublic libraries need to be clear about their purpose as publicly funded institutions in the digital age. This requires a renewed understanding of a library's publics and a critical understanding of the nature of services available using digital technologies.Originality/valueThis paper presents an alternative way of thinking about the future of large public libraries, with much of the discussion also relevant to local public libraries.

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Green, Bill. "Carnegie in Australia: philanthropic power and public education in the early twentieth century." History of Education Review 48, no. 1 (June 3, 2019): 61–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/her-04-2019-0012.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to outline a reconceptualised view of public education, with specific reference to early twentieth-century Australia, and to revisit the significance of the Carnegie Corporation of New York in this period. Further, in this regard, the paper proposes a neo-Foucaultian notion of philanthropic power, as an explanatory and analytical principle, with possible implications for thinking anew about the role and influence of American philanthropic organisations in the twentieth century. Design/methodology/approach The paper draws on mainly secondary sources but also works with primary sources gathered from relevant archives, including that of the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). Findings The paper concludes that the larger possibilities associated with the particular view of public education outlined here, referring to both public school and public libraries, were constrained by the emergence and consolidation of an increasingly professionalised view of education and schooling. Research limitations/implications The influence of the Carnegie Corporation of New York on early twentieth-century Australian education has been increasingly acknowledged and documented in recent historical research. More recently, Carnegie has been drawn into an interdisciplinary perspective on philanthropy and public culture in Australia. This paper seeks to add to such work by looking at schools and libraries as interconnected yet loosely coupled aspects of what can be understood as, in effect, a re-conceived public education, to a significant degree sponsored by the Corporation. Originality/value The paper draws upon but seeks to extend and to some extent re-orient existing historical research on the relationship between Australian education and the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Its originality lies in its exploration of a somewhat different view of public education and the linkage it suggests in this regard with a predominantly print-centric public culture in Australia, in the first half of the twentieth century.

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Boaden, Sue. "Education for art librarianship in Australia." Art Libraries Journal 19, no. 2 (1994): 5–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0307472200008725.

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The growth of art history and art practice courses in Australia has been remarkable over the last 20 years. Unfortunately training for art librarianship has not matched this growth. There are eleven universities in Australia offering graduate degrees and post-graduate diplomas in librarianship but none offer specific courses leading towards a specialisation in art librarianship. ARLIS/ANZ provides opportunities for training and education. Advances in scholarly art research and publishing in Australia, the development of Australian-related electronic art databases, the growth of specialist collections in State and public libraries, and the increased demand by the general community for art-related information, confirm the need for well-developed skills in the management and dissemination of art information.

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Marcus, Julie. "What's at Stake? History Wars, the NMA and Good Government." Cultural Studies Review 10, no. 1 (September 13, 2013): 134–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.5130/csr.v10i1.3548.

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I want to place the fate of the National Museum of Australia (NMA) in the context of some of the political strategies that underpin the electoral placidity and public acceptance of a government so radically reshaping Australian democratic institutions. A national museum that reaches and engages with a national constituency can be an important place for the vigorous public debate that democracy requires. In such a place, political doctrines and dogmas, cultural fantasies and assumptions, historical interpretations and good old common-sense may all be scrutinised as well as confirmed. Such a place sits beside schools and universities, public libraries and art galleries and festivals, each of which provides the opportunity for reflection as well as for congratulation. As with the other publicly funded but independent sites of public reflection, the National Museum is to be reined in and redirected. It is to become ‘balanced’. Nothing could more surely ring its death knell. In future, the museum’s visitors will reflect along the narrow and limited lines of carefully delineated ‘alternatives’ that in fact confine and constrain rather than enlarge understanding.

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Wyatt, Danielle, Scott Mcquire, and Danny Butt. "Libraries as redistributive technology: From capacity to culture in Queensland’s public library network." New Media & Society 20, no. 8 (November 16, 2017): 2934–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1461444817738235.

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Australia is currently rolling out one of the most expensive and ambitious infrastructure projects in the nation’s history. The National Broadband Network is promoted as a catalyst for far-reaching changes in Australia’s economy, governmental service provision, society and culture. However, it is evident that desired dividends, such as greater social engagement, enhanced cultural awareness and increased civic and political participation, do not flow automatically from mere technical connection to the network. This article argues that public institutions play a vital role in redistributing technological capacity to enable emerging forms of social and cultural participation. In particular, we examine public libraries as significant but often overlooked sites in the evolving dynamic between digital technology, new cultural practices and social relations. Drawing on interviews and fieldwork across the public library network of the state of Queensland, we attend to the strategies and approaches libraries are adopting in response to a digital culture.

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Clunie, Simone, and Darlene Ann Parrish. "How assessment websites of academic libraries convey information and show value." Performance Measurement and Metrics 19, no. 3 (November 12, 2018): 203–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/pmm-12-2017-0061.

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Purpose As libraries are required to become more accountable and demonstrate that they are meeting performance metrics, an assessment website can be a means for providing data for evidence-based decision making and an important indicator of how a library interacts with its constituents. The purpose of this paper is to share the results of a review of websites of academic libraries from four countries, including the UK, Canada, Australia and the USA. Design/methodology/approach The academic library websites included in the sample were selected from the Canadian Association of Research Libraries, Research Libraries of the United Kingdom, Council of Australian University Libraries, Historically Black College & Universities Library Alliance, Association of Research Libraries and American Indian Higher Education Consortium. The websites were evaluated according to the absence or presence of nine predetermined characteristics related to assessment. Findings It was discovered that “one size does not fit all” and found several innovative ways institutions are listening to their constituents and making improvements to help users succeed in their academic studies, research and creative endeavors. Research limitations/implications Only a sample of academic libraries from each of the four countries were analyzed. Additionally, some of the academic libraries were using password protected intranets unavailable for public access. The influences of institutional history and country-specific practices also became compelling factors during the analysis. Originality/value This paper seeks to broaden the factors for what is thought of as academic library assessment with the addition of qualitative and contextual considerations.

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Shaw, Emma L., and Debra J. Donnelly. "(Re)discovering the Familial Past and Its Impact on Historical Consciousness." Genealogy 5, no. 4 (December 1, 2021): 102. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genealogy5040102.

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Family history has become a significant contributor to public and social histories exploring and (re)discovering the micro narratives of the past. Due to the growing democratisation of digital access to documents and the proliferation of family history media platforms, family history is now challenging traditional custodianship of the past. Family history research has moved beyond the realms of archives, libraries and community-based history societies to occupy an important space in the public domain. This paper reports on some of the findings of a recent study into the historical thinking and research practices of Australian family historians. Using a case study methodology, it examines the proposition that researching family history has major impacts on historical understanding and consciousness using the analytic frameworks of Jorn Rüsen’s Disciplinary Matrix and his Typology of Historical Consciousness. This research not only proposes these major impacts but argues that some family historians are shifting the historical landscape through the dissemination of their research for public consumption beyond traditional family history audiences.

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Butler, Julia. "Law Libraries in Australia - Government Libraries." International Journal of Legal Information 28, no. 2 (2000): 429–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0731126500009203.

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Since the mid 1980's to the present time there has been an unprecedented attitudinal change by governments, both at the federal and state levels, regardless of political persuasion, towards the role of the public sector. There has been a sustained policy to wind back the size of the Public Service across the board.

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Taylor, Michael A., and L. I. Anderson. "The museums of a local, national and supranational hero: Hugh Miller's collections over the decades." Geological Curator 10, no. 7 (August 2017): 285–368. http://dx.doi.org/10.55468/gc242.

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Hugh Miller (1802-1856), Scottish geologist, newspaper editor and writer, is a perhaps unique example of a geologist with a museum dedicated to him in his birthplace cottage, in Cromarty, northern Scotland. He finally housed his geological collection, principally of Scottish fossils, in a purpose-built museum at his house in Portobello, now in Edinburgh. After his death, the collection was purchased in 1859 by Government grant and public appeal, in part as a memorial to Miller, for the Natural History Museum (successively Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art, Royal Scottish Museum, and part of National Museums Scotland). The collection's documentation, curation and display over the years are outlined, using numerical patterns in the documentation as part of the evidence for its history. A substantial permanent display of the Miller Collection, partly by the retired Benjamin Peach (1842-1926), was installed from c. 1912 to 1939, and briefly postwar. A number of temporary displays, and one small permanent display, were thereafter created, especially for the 1952 and 2002 anniversaries. Miller's birthplace cottage was preserved by the family and a museum established there in 1885 by Miller's son Hugh Miller the younger (1850-1896) of the Geological Survey, with the assistance of his brother Lieutenant-Colonel William Miller (1842-1893) of the Indian Army, and the Quaker horticulturalist Sir Thomas Hanbury (c. 1832-1907), using a selection of specimens retained by the family in 1859. It may not have been fully opened to the public till 1888. It was refurbished for the 1902 centenary. A proposal to open a Hugh Miller Institute in Cromarty, combining a library and museum, to mark the centenary, was only partly successful, and the library element only was built. The cottage museum was transferred to the Cromarty Burgh Council in 1926 and the National Trust for Scotland in 1938. It was refurbished for the 1952 and just after the 2002 anniversaries, with transfer of some specimens and MSS to the Royal Scottish Museum and National Library of Scotland. The Cottage now operates as the Hugh Miller Birthplace Cottage and Museum together with Miller House, another family home, next door, with further specimens loaned by National Museums Scotland. The hitherto poorly understood fate of Miller's papers is outlined. They are important for research and as display objects. Most seem to have been lost, especially through the early death of his daughter Harriet Davidson (1839-1883) in Australia. Miller's collection illustrates some of the problems and opportunities of displaying named geological collections in museums, and the use of manuscripts and personalia with them. The exhibition strategies can be shown to respond to changing perceptions of Miller, famous in his time but much less well known latterly. There is, in retrospect, a clear long-term pattern of collaboration between museums and libraries in Edinburgh, Cromarty and elsewhere, strongly coupled to the fifty-year cycle of the anniversaries of Miller's birth.

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Rajagopalan, Priyadarsini, Hoang Thuy Ha Nguyen, and Andrew Carre. "Acoustic performance of contemporary public libraries: an evaluation of public libraries in Melbourne, Australia." Architectural Science Review 60, no. 2 (December 22, 2016): 104–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00038628.2016.1265483.

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Wakeling, Simon, Jane Garner, Philip Hider, Hamid Jamali, Jessie Lymn, Yazdan Mansourian, and Holly Randell-Moon. "‘The challenge now is for us to remain relevant’: Australian public libraries and the COVID-19 crisis." IFLA Journal 48, no. 1 (November 14, 2021): 138–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03400352211054115.

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The COVID-19 crisis has had a significant impact on public libraries around the world. In Australia, almost all public libraries experienced some period of building closure, requiring libraries to adapt their services and delivery models. This article reports findings from a large-scale survey of public library managers in Australia, which was conducted in August 2020. In particular, it presents the results of a thematic analysis of the participants’ free-text responses to open questions asked as part of the survey. This analysis reveals important insights relating to responses to library closures, staffing issues, new and expanded services and programmes, relationships with parent bodies, and the role of public libraries during the crisis and beyond. While public libraries are perceived by managers to have been agile and adaptable, and to have utilised technology effectively, the findings clearly demonstrate the value to users of library buildings, with important consequences for understanding the role of public libraries.

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Willard, Patricia. "Public Sector Reform in Australia and its Impact on Libraries." International Information & Library Review 27, no. 4 (December 1995): 359–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10572317.1995.10762381.

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Haļzova, Zinta. "Local History Research Databases in Latvian Public Libraries." Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage 12 (September 7, 2022): 55–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.55630/dipp.2022.12.3.

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The paper analyzes the collections and databases of the online local history research created by Latvian public libraries, as well as describes the content of the databases as well as available sources of information and its formats. The research base is websites of the main libraries of Latvia's regions and the digital local history research available online. The result of the research led to the conclusion that Latvian public libraries offer a wide range of online local history research resources and databases: local countyman databases and encyclopedia, libraries history materials, information about county, oral history collections: personal records and memory stories. The interviews can be evidenced in audio format. The full texts of the interviews have also been published. Several Latvian public libraries also offer a video format. It is concluded that the local history databases of Latvian public libraries store and provide unique information about the time, place, historical events and people in the region. The sources of oral history included in the local history databases in the collections of Latvian public libraries are an important part of the historical heritage.

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Stark, Gary D., and Margaret F. Stieg. "Public Libraries in Nazi Germany." American Historical Review 98, no. 3 (June 1993): 896. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2167640.

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Kanevskaya, Galina I. "Russian Libraries in Australia in the 20th Century." Bibliotekovedenie [Russian Journal of Library Science], no. 3 (May 25, 2009): 80–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.25281/0869-608x-2009-0-3-80-85.

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The article deals with review of the history of Russian librarianship in Australia. The role of libraries in preservation of Russian language in the Russian diaspora and national identity in the being in the strange cultural space is defined.

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Parr, Linda J. "Sunday School Libraries in Halifax and Huddersfield before Public Libraries." Library & Information History 25, no. 1 (March 2009): 50–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/175834909x399373.

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Orlova, T. "Development of Public History in Australia." Problems of World History, no. 15 (September 14, 2021): 193–208. http://dx.doi.org/10.46869/2707-6776-2021-15-10.

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The present article is aimed at demonstrating the importance of new for Ukrainian historiography direction of public history, for the country’s development and for strengthening its stance at the international arena. Australia is taken for an example, as it has turned from once remote Terra Incognita into one of the leading nations of the modern world. It is emphasized that, regardless of attainments, the identity issue is still as urgent as to other countries in the conditions of a global crisis. The sources of the public history trend are revealed, explained are the factors conducive to its spread planet-wise, attention is brought to the fact that this trend has become a natural result of developments in the science of history in the Western civilization, encompassing countries of Europe, the Americas, and Australia. The latter, being a ramification of the Western civilization branch, has adopted the guidelines outlined by American scholars, driven by pragmatic considerations. Steps are determined in the institutionalization of the said direction, a characteristic is given to the activities of the Australian Center of Public History at Sydney Technology University, of the journal “Public History Survey”, as well as to the specifics of their work in the digital era under the motto: “History for the public, about the public, together with the public”. The same motto is leading the historians working with local and family history, cooperating with the State in the field of commemoration, placing great importance on museums, memorials, monuments. Considering national holidays, particular attention is given to the National Day of Apology, reflecting the complications of Australian history. Like American public history, the Australian one began to give much attention to those groups of population that were previously omitted by the focus of research, namely, the aborigines. A conclusion is made regarding the importance of history in general and public history in particular for the implementation of the national identity policy – an important token of the nation’s stable and successful progress.

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Lockyer-Benzie, Maureena. "Social inclusion and the City of Swan public libraries in Western Australia." Health Information and Libraries Journal 21, s2 (September 2004): 36–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-3324.2004.00519.x.

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Sullivan, Doreen. "Characteristics of E-Mail Reference Services in Selected Public Libraries, Victoria, Australia." Reference Librarian 41, no. 85 (June 30, 2004): 51–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j120v41n85_05.

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Kelly, Matthew. "Collection Development Policies in Public Libraries in Australia: A Qualitative Content Analysis." Public Library Quarterly 34, no. 1 (January 2, 2015): 44–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01616846.2015.1000783.

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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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Shevchenko, L. B. "History of library websites." Scientific and Technical Libraries, no. 12 (February 18, 2021): 173–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.33186/1027-3689-2020-12-173-188.

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The history of foreign and Russian libraries’ websites in 1996—2017 is analyzed on the basis of professional publications and web-archive. The author analyzed the websites of Russian libraries, i. e. RASL Library for Natural Sciences, All-Russia Library for Foreign Literature, Russian State Library, Russian National Library, State National Pedagogical Library, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Central Scientific Medical Library, State Public Scientific and Technological Library of the RAS Siberian Branch and divisions, Central Scientific Agricultural Library, Russian Academy of Sciences Library, Far Eastern State Scientific Library, Nizhny Novgorod Regional Universal Scientific Library, Novosibirsk State Regional Scientific Library. The number of websites was limited due to many changed domain names which disables the analysis. The archive copies of the selected libraries’ home pages obtained through the Wayback Machine service were analyzed. The first (1996–1998) home pages of Russian and foreign libraries are compared and distinctions are identified. The dynamics of Russian libraries’ websites up to 2017 is characterized. The author concludes that the libraries have been regularly changing design, content, representation forms, and navigation and retrieval systems, which is often not welcome by their users. The libraries have to introduce and promote efficiently their content and resources with the focus on user friendliness. Internet technologies and libraries’ representing themselves on the World Wide Web have changed library practice, and the libraries have to think over how to design the website and how to assess it.

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Lenstra, Noah. "Book Review: Creating a Local History Archive at Your Public Library." Reference & User Services Quarterly 57, no. 4 (June 15, 2018): 297. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/rusq.57.4.6708.

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Faye Phillips, a well-known consultant and author of the 1995 manual Local History Collections in Libraries (Libraries Unlimited), coalesces her expertise into this readable primer on starting an archive in a public library. This text represents a welcome addition to the growing number of books and articles focused on archives in public libraries published since 2010, when the Public Library Archives/Special Collections Section of the Society of American Archivists was formed.

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Lemon, Barbara, Kerry Blinco, and Brendan Somes. "Building NED: Open Access to Australia’s Digital Documentary Heritage." Publications 8, no. 2 (April 8, 2020): 19. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/publications8020019.

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This article charts the development of Australia’s national edeposit service (NED), from concept to reality. A world-first collaboration between the national, state and territory libraries of Australia, NED was launched in 2019 and transformed our approach to legal deposits in Australia. NED is more than a repository, operating as a national online service for depositing, preserving and accessing Australian electronic publications, with benefits to publishers, libraries and the public alike. This article explains what makes NED unique in the context of global research repository infrastructure, outlining the ways in which NED member libraries worked to balance user needs with technological capacity and the variations within nine sets of legal deposit legislation.

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McCreery, Cindy. "The sea and public history in Australia." Journal for Maritime Research 4, no. 1 (December 2002): 67–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21533369.2002.9668321.

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Tillotson, Janet A. "Book Review: Local History Reference Collections for Public Libraries." Reference & User Services Quarterly 55, no. 4 (July 1, 2016): 319. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/rusq.55n4.319a.

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This book provides information and insight to help public libraries develop, maintain, and market local history reference collections (LHRCs). Public libraries frequently are given unpublished materials, and librarians may be reluctant to offend anyone by not accepting their gift. The authors explain how to develop an LHRC collection policy focused on published rather than unpublished material; such a policy provides a way to kindly reject materials that do not maintain the standards that are needed for developing a high-quality LHRC.

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Lenstra, Noah, and Jenny Carlos. "Public Libraries and Walkable Neighborhoods." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 10 (May 20, 2019): 1780. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16101780.

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Public libraries constitute a ubiquitous social infrastructure found in nearly every community in the United States and Canada. The hypothesis of this study is that public libraries can be understood as important supports of walking in neighborhoods, not only as walkable destinations, but also as providers of programs that increase walking in communities. Recent work by public health scholars has analyzed how libraries contribute to community health. This particular topic has not previously been researched. As such, a qualitative, exploratory approach guides this study. Grounded theory techniques are used in a content analysis of a corpus of 94 online articles documenting this phenomenon. Results show that across North America public librarians endeavor to support walking through programs oriented around stories, books, and local history, as well as through walking groups and community partnerships. While this exploratory study has many limitations, it does set the stage for future, more rigorous research on the contributions public libraries and public librarians make to walking in neighborhoods. The principal conclusion of this study is that additional research is needed to comprehensively understand the intersection between public librarianship and public health.

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Williams, Wiley J. "History of North Carolina Libraries and Librarianship: A Bibliography, Part II." North Carolina Libraries 62, no. 2 (January 19, 2009): 91. http://dx.doi.org/10.3776/ncl.v62i2.137.

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The first installment of this four-part bibliography, including general historical works about North Carolina public libraries, and histories of libraries from (alphabetically) Alamance through Guilford counties, was published in the Spring 2004 issue of North Carolina Libraries. Part two contains histories of public libraries from Halifax through Yadkin Counties, part three will include references to general works on North Carolina library history and histories of special libraries in thestate, and part four will describe materials on college and university libraries and library associations. Many of the works about individual libraries may not be considered traditional library history, however, an effort has been made to include all works that may be of use to librarians and researchers who are studying specific institutions.

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Williams, Wiley J. "History of North Carolina Libraries and Librarianship: A Bibliography, Part IV." North Carolina Libraries 62, no. 4 (January 10, 2009): 194. http://dx.doi.org/10.3776/ncl.v62i4.110.

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This is the final installment of a four-part bibliography that covers North Carolina and United States archives and manuscript collections; personal papers of notable N.C. librarians and library educators; and sources on N.C. and U.S. librarians and library benefactors, public documents, and special collections and private libraries. Part I, which was published in the Spring 2004 issue of North Carolina Libraries, included sources of library history of N.C. public libraries in general, and histories of public libraries in Alamance through Guilford counties. Part II, which was published in the Summer 2004 issue, included the histories of public libraries in Halifax through Yadkin counties. Part III, which was published in the Fall 2004 issue, included sources of library history of N.C. colleges, universities, and community colleges, as well as general sources on N.C. and U.S. library history.

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Audunson, Ragnar, Svanhild Aabø, Roger Blomgren, Sunniva Evjen, Henrik Jochumsen, Håkon Larsen, Casper Hvenegaard Rasmussen, Andreas Vårheim, Jamie Johnston, and Masanori Koizumi. "Public libraries as an infrastructure for a sustainable public sphere." Journal of Documentation 75, no. 4 (July 8, 2019): 773–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jd-10-2018-0157.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the shaping of public libraries as an infrastructure for a sustainable public sphere through a comprehensive literature review. Design/methodology/approach In order to capture the whole picture of this research field, we utilize comprehensive review methodology. The major research questions are: first, to what extent have research topics regarding libraries as public sphere institutions expanded and diversified? Which theoretical perspectives inform research? Second, which challenges and topics does the research focus upon, such as: social inclusion and equal access to information; digital inequalities; censorship and freedom of expression; and access to places and spaces with a democratic potential and the role of libraries in that respect? Third, what influence has social media exerted on libraries in the context of the expanding digital world? Findings The authors identified mainly four themes regarding the public library and public sphere, such as: the importance of public libraries by using Habermas’s theory; the function of meeting places within the public library and setting those places in the center of the library in order to enhance and encourage democracy; the relationship between social inclusion and public libraries and its functions in current society such as diminishing the digital divide; and the emerging electronic resources and arena of SNS in public libraries and utilizing them to reach citizens. Originality/value Capturing the recent history of this research field through comprehensive review is valuable.

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Smeaton, Kathleen, and Kate Davis. "Using social media to create a participatory library service: an Australian study." Library and Information Research 38, no. 117 (June 7, 2014): 54–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.29173/lirg593.

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Public libraries are increasingly using social media in an attempt to meet users in their own spaces. Social media can be useful when used to create a participatory library service emphasising engagement with users. However, there has been little empirical investigation into the success of social media use by public libraries. This article reports on the findings of a research project that explored the use of social media by Australian public libraries. Two organisations participated in case studies that involved interviews, document analysis, and social media observation. To contextualise the use of social media in the case study organisations, a sub-study was undertaken involving observation of an additional 24 public libraries across Australia. This article focuses on the findings from the observation sub-study. It presents and applies a methodology for classifying social media content to determine whether the sample libraries’ social media use is indicative of a participatory approach to service delivery. This article explores how a range of social media platforms are used by the sample libraries and considers what best practice in participatory library service looks like. The two case study organisations’ use of social media is highlighted as exemplary practice.

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Potepko, Nadezhda I. "Public Libraries: Participation in the Life of Refugees." Bibliotekovedenie [Library and Information Science (Russia)] 1, no. 1 (February 28, 2016): 73–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.25281/0869-608x-2016-1-1-73-78.

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Libraries throughout the world have a strong history of responding to natural disasters and humanitarian crises providing a welcoming environment, a place of refuge for body and soul, and a source of information. Members of IFLA’s Public Libraries Standing Committee and their colleagues have joined together to collect some examples and stories of the role public libraries are playing in the refugee crisis, particularly in Europe. The resulting document is not meant to be exhaustive but is more of a starting point for shared experience and inspiration and demonstrates the power of libraries to make a difference in people’s lives. Original text see at: Responding! Public Libraries and Refugees (http://www.ifla.org/files/assets/public-libraries/publications/library_service_to_refugees.pdf).

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Fitzgerald, Brendan, and Frances Savage. "Public libraries in Victoria, Australia: an overview of current ICT developments, challenges, and issues." OCLC Systems & Services: International digital library perspectives 20, no. 1 (March 2004): 24–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/10650750410527304.

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Anwar, Mumtaz A. "Founding of the Punjab Public Library, Lahore." Pakistan Journal of Information Management and Libraries 12 (December 1, 2011): 8–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.47657/201112820.

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This paper, using primary sources of historical evidence, traces the founding of the Punjab Public Library, Lahore. It briefly reviews the beginnings of subscription libraries, book clubs, station libraries and libraries for Western-Oriented Gentry (WOGs). The antecedents of the Punjab Public Library are dealt with. These led to the government initiative to create this library which had some unique features different from its contemporaries. It deals with its special features which were distinct from other contemporary libraries. Eight archival documents are reproduced in the paper. A fuller history of this library still needs to be written.

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Franco, B. "Presidential Temples: How Memorials and Libraries Shape Public Memory." Journal of American History 93, no. 3 (December 1, 2006): 963. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/4486574.

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HACKMAN, LARRY J. "Toward Better Policies and Practices for Presidential Libraries." Public Historian 28, no. 3 (January 1, 2006): 165–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/tph.2006.28.3.165.

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Abstract: Pesidential libraries need stronger coordination and leadership from the National Archives, better oversight by the Congress, and more informed and vigorous monitoring by the public and by the public history community. This is true not only for access to documents and services to researchers, but also, and perhaps especially now, for the “museum side” of the libraries, including exhibits and public and educational programs. The increasing reliance on funds from various library partner foundations to support programs aimed at the public is a worrisome trend. Although they have supported many worthy programs in the libraries, these “hidden hand” partners greatly reduce the transparency of the operation of the libraries which are, after all, public institutions still chiefly supported by American taxpayers. This article examines selected issues where better policy and practice would improve the programs and operations of the presidential libraries.

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Bunn, Michelle, Robyn Pilcher, and David Gilchrist. "Public sector audit history in Britain and Australia." Financial Accountability & Management 34, no. 1 (October 13, 2017): 64–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/faam.12143.

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Hufbauer, Benjamin. "A Brief Critique of the Public History in Presidential Libraries." Public Historian 40, no. 2 (May 1, 2018): 104–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/tph.2018.40.2.104.

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Lajeunesse, Marcel. "Public Libraries Reading in Quebec: A History of Censorship Freedom." Library & Information History 28, no. 1 (March 2012): 26–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/1758348911z.0000000002.

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Șerbănuță, Claudia. "A public library cannot live on books alone: A lesson from history." IFLA Journal 45, no. 1 (November 22, 2018): 34–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0340035218806533.

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For almost half a century Romania was under a totalitarian regime. In times of severe censorship and information control the communist regime promoted public libraries. This paper will present the main phases of the public library system development and discuss how the state’s emphasis on providing large collections of books influenced library services. As part of an oral history project, this paper will use memories of people who worked in public libraries of various sizes in the 1970s and the 1980s, archival documents and secondary sources to contribute to a more nuanced discussion about the recent history of Romanian public libraries. What were the phases of the development of the national library system and how important was the library collection for the institutional survival of the public library? The paper will also discuss the collection development policy and contrast it with the impoverished professional development within the library system.

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Harhai, Marilyn, Janice Krueger, and James Maccaferri. "Past Events, Current Teens, Future Skills: Producing Digital Oral History." Pennsylvania Libraries: Research & Practice 5, no. 1 (May 12, 2017): 42–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/palrap.2017.142.

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Public libraries can use digital oral history projects (1) to teach digital literacy skills to teens in accordance with national and state information literacy standards and (2) to develop local digital collections. The technical standards for such projects are modest, and the Library of Congress Veterans History Project provides an ideal template with which to begin. This article highlights the benefits of using the Veterans History Project for library programs and events and summarizes how the Veterans History Project can be collaboratively implemented across libraries. Suggestions for curriculum-based program development for young adult users of public libraries are also outlined.

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Williams, Wiley J. "History of North Carolina Libraries and Librarianship: A Bibliography, Part III." North Carolina Libraries 62, no. 3 (January 19, 2009): 140. http://dx.doi.org/10.3776/ncl.v62i3.123.

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This is Part III of a four-part bibliography. It includes sources of library history of North Carolina colleges, universities, and community colleges, as well as general sources on North Carolina and United States library history. Part I, which was published in the Spring 2004 issue of North Carolina Libraries, included sources of library history of North Carolina public libraries in general, and histories of publiclibraries in Alamance through Guilford counties. Part II, which was published in the Summer 2004 issue, included the histories of public libraries in Halifax through Yadkin counties.

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Taksa, Lucy. "Labor History and Public History in Australia: Allies or Uneasy Bedfellows?" International Labor and Working-Class History 76, no. 1 (2009): 82–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s014754790999010x.

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AbstractThis paper reflects on the ways in which public labor history and more populist forms of public history have intersected and/or diverged in Australia since the 1970s. By comparing various labor heritage programs and public history interpretation strategies at four redeveloped industrial heritage sites, it examines how both approaches have conceived and represented workers' history and the relationship between past and present, industrialization and deindustrialization. Drawing on the concepts of “nostalgia” and “nostophobia,” the paper suggests that in Australia, labor history/heritage and public history are fundamentally at odds as a result of different political and economic imperatives and the recognition given to workers' collective traditions.

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Kasyanchuk, E. N. "Excerpts from the history of libraries." Northern Archives and Expeditions 4, no. 4 (December 25, 2020): 29–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.31806/2542-1158-2020-4-4-29-36.

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The article provides a brief overview of the history of the beginning and development of libraries: from the oldest library of Ashurbanipal, in whose collection books were clay cuneiform tablets to the recognized world’s best multifunctional city library of Helsinki with modern equipment. The author hadn’t task to create a detailed chronology of the history of libraries development. Author focused on not only to public libraries, but also to University libraries, since University libraries have always been the flagships of librarianship. The important role of national libraries in the formation of statehood is mentioned. The websites of the MSU Scientific Library, the Russian National Library, and the Central City Library of Helsinki Oodi (Finland) were analyzed. The influence of the invention of printing on libraries is noted. The history of library’s functions expansion is considered: from the function of protection book heritage to the function of support of readers. The role and significance of the library in educating the masses is noted. The author mentions the ideological component of educational activities of libraries in Soviet Russia. The author speaks about the serious impact of global technological changes that took place in the XXI century and the introduction of digital technologies in library’s activities, and the search for new forms of library’s work. Conclusions were drawn about the direction in which libraries are being transformed as a socio- cultural institution. Author relied on the scientific works of Boris F. Volodin, Alexey G. Glukhov and other researchers in this field, while preparing this article.

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Scarborough, Beth, and Susan Foster Pardue. "Charlotte Libraries Tackle Controversial Topic." Journal of Library Outreach and Engagement 1, no. 1 (October 26, 2020): 42–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.21900/j.jloe.v1i1.470.

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Abstract UNC Charlotte’s Atkins Library, along with the History Department and Charlotte Mecklenburg Public Library, in response to violence, hatred and killings in both South Carolina and Virginia in 2015 and 2017, and contentious arguments over the presence of Confederate monuments, particularly on the campus of UNC Chapel Hill, proposed a series of public forums to address the controversy. With funds from the UNC Charlotte Chancellor’s Diversity Fund, plans were made to sponsor a total of five programs, each addressing a way to combat long-held myths and deliver truths about North Carolina’s history during the Confederacy. This series of programs, Beyond the Myths: The American Civil War in History and Memory, held in February and March 2019, took place on the main and downtown campuses of UNC Charlotte and at the Sugar Creek Branch of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Public Library. The planning and delivery of the series, marketing efforts and follow-up are detailed in this article.

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Pötsönen, Ulla, Leila Sonkkanen, and Harri Sahavirta. "Steppingstones to More Sustainable Public Libraries in Finland." International Journal of Librarianship 5, no. 2 (December 16, 2020): 73–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.23974/ijol.2020.vol5.2.179.

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Public libraries in Finland have a strong history of cooperating and networking. Implementing SDGs and steering the action toward sustainability, however, has been so far carried out mainly out by individual libraries. A larger consensus or common guidelines are still missing, be it designing a new building, customer design thinking or rearranging internal workflows. This is to be changed, hopefully serving as an example to readers´ communities. The report presented current cases and current best practices on initiatives and concentrated on finding a broader common ground on sustainability work. Helsinki City Library will act as a nationwide accelerator and common voice promoting the step marks toward greener libraries. A nationwide expert network and community of practice is to be established as well. As one example of the development, the tight cooperation between public libraries and basic education in Finnish society will be discussed. For historical reasons public libraries operate to a large extent as school libraries, so the task of supporting curriculum on sustainability topics is a major task for public libraries as well. What does the future of this collaboration and its possibilities look like?

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Saido, Dlgash Said. "Oral History Bridges the Gap between Academic and Public History." Twejer 5, no. 1 (June 2022): 1325–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.31918/twejer.2251.30.

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Abstract This paper focuses on the importance of oral history and its role in connecting public history and academic history. Oral history since 1948 has become a popular field of study in history. In this manner, the main question of this research is how oral history is to bring public history into the world of academic history. The purpose of this paper is to give attention to collecting public history by researchers and oral historians through the oral history process to save history in an academic and organised way in the way of perhaps converting the history of the public or non-academic works to academic and providing them into libraries and archives.

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Ritchie, Ann, and Beth Sowter. "Availability and accessibility of evidence-based information resources provided by medical libraries in Australia." Australian Health Review 23, no. 1 (2000): 77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah000077.

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This article reports on the results of an exploratory survey of the availability andaccessibility of evidence-based information resources provided by medical libraries inAustralia. Although barriers impede access to evidence-based information for hospitalclinicians, the survey revealed that Medline and Cinahl are available in over 90% offacilities. In most cases they are widely accessible via internal networks and the Internet.The Cochrane Library is available in 69% of cases. The Internet is widely accessible andmost libraries provide access to some full-text, electronic journals. Strategies for overcomingrestrictions and integrating information resources with clinical workflow are being pursued.State, regional and national public and private consortia are developing agreementsutilising on-line technology. These could produce cost savings and more equitable accessto a greater range of evidence-based resources.

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Paola Picco, M. A. "Quebec's Public Libraries: An Overview of Their History and Current Situation." Public Library Quarterly 27, no. 2 (July 2008): 139–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01616840802114945.

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