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Polyakov, Y. "Writers and Readers: Meeting Place is Library." Bibliotekovedenie [Library and Information Science (Russia)], no. 1 (February 28, 2014): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.25281/0869-608x-2014-0-1-1.
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Furstenberg-Levi, Shulamit. "Giovanni Pontano’s Library—a Meeting Place with the Auctores." History of Humanities 5, no. 2 (September 1, 2020): 487–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/710283.
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Hunsucker, R. Laval. "Local Public Libraries Serve Important Functions as Meeting Places, but Demographic Variables Appear Significant, Suggesting a Need for Extensive Further Research." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 7, no. 1 (March 9, 2012): 96. http://dx.doi.org/10.18438/b86s42.
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Objective – The investigators hoped to gain an understanding of the extent to which local public libraries are used by their visitors as meeting places, and in what ways. Furthermore, they sought to determine whether certain demographic variables correlate with variations in these ways of using the library. Finally, they were looking for evidence of a relationship between the degree of the subjects’ general community involvement on the one hand, and their participation in various types of meetings in the library on the other.
Design – Questionnaire-based telephone survey.
Setting – Oslo, Norway.
Subjects – 750 adult residents (eighteen years or older) from 3 of Oslo’s 15 boroughs.
Methods – The researchers selected these boroughs (not identified in this article and referred to, unusually, as “townships”) because they judged them to represent three demographically varying types of urban community. In March of 2006, a professional survey organization drew numbers at random from a database of telephone numbers in each borough, continuing until it had reached the desired number of 250 actual survey respondents, including cell phone users, for each borough. It weighted the sample according to gender and age, and administered the telephone interviews on the basis of a questionnaire which the researchers had designed to yield quantitative data for ten independent, and seven dependent, variables. Interviewers asked the respondents to answer questions on the basis of their entire recollected personal history of public library use, rather than during a specific defined period.
Six of the independent variables were demographic: borough of residence, occupational category, age category, educational level, cultural/linguistic background (dichotomous: either non-Norwegian or Norwegian), and household income category. The other four were: level of participation in local activities, degree of involvement in community improvement activities, degree to which a subject trusted various community institutions, and frequency of local library use. “Meeting intensity,” or the number of different meeting types for which a given subject could remember ever having used the library, was one dependent variable. The others were participation/non-participation in each of the six defined meeting types. The researchers employed hierarchical multiple regression analyses for determining degrees of correlation.
Main Results – “Meeting intensity” correlated significantly and positively not only with frequency of library use in general, but also with the number of local activities participated in and level of involvement in community improvement activities, as well as with non-Norwegian cultural/linguistic background. It correlated significantly and negatively with household income. The investigators report no significant relationship of meeting intensity with occupational or age category, or with level of education. Participation in certain of the defined meeting types did correlate significantly with certain independent variables. Respondents tend to turn to the local public library more for “public sphere” meetings as they grow older. Participation in this kind of meeting is likewise more common among those with a higher level of community involvement and engagement, but also among the lower-income respondents. High-intensive “joint activities” meetings with friends, acquaintances, colleagues or classmates are especially popular among adults in the lower age categories, as well as among respondents with a lower level of education and with a lower household income. “Virtual” meetings (via library Internet use), also defined as a high-intensive meeting type, are especially popular with the occupational categories “job seeker” and “homemaker,” as well as with the younger respondents and with those who have a lower household income. Use of the local public library for both the “virtual” and the “joint-activities” types of meetings is also considerably more common among those with a non-Norwegian cultural/linguistic background. Frequency of library use in general was not related to participation in either of these two types of meetings at the library, but it was related to library use for the more low-intensive meeting types (chance meetings and encounters, library as rendezvous point for joint activities elsewhere), as well as to what the investigators term using the library as a “metameeting place,” i.e., a place for finding “information about other arenas and activities” in the local community.
Conclusion – The local public library seems to serve, for many of its patrons, an important function as venue for meetings of various kinds. In general, using it for meeting purposes appears to be something that appeals more to younger than to older adults, more to those in the lower than to those in the higher income categories, and more to those with an immigrant than to those with an indigenous background. The perhaps even less expected finding that use of the library for a relatively intensive, instrumental kind of meeting activity correlates significantly with a lower level of education would particularly suggest a need for further research. Noteworthy, as well, is the apparent fact that those who make use of the local public library as a venue for relatively intensive meeting activity, whether physical or virtual, tend to come to the library expressly for that purpose, and visit the library less often for other reasons than do other library users. The urban districts in which respondents resided were in fact not internally homogeneous enough, nor socio-economically distinct enough from one another, to yield correlations of practical evidentiary value.
It was the researchers’ working assumption that their three independent variables of community engagement – i.e., level of participation in local activities, degree of involvement in community improvement activities, and degree to which one trusts community institutions – can be taken together to represent the amount of a respondent’s “social capital.” They detected, in general, a positive correlation between the extent of such “social capital” and the use of the library as a meeting place. Neither the strength nor the direction of this relationship was clear, however, from the results of this study: both will have to be explored through further research. “Does the library contribute to generating social capital,” they ask, “or is the use of the library as a meeting place a result of pre-existing social capital?” (p. 25) They were hoping at least to discover whether the library, specifically in its role as a low-intensive and “public sphere” meeting place, contributes to the generation of “bridging” social capital between citizens of differing cultural backgrounds, with differing values, viewpoints, and interests. Though their findings did not justify this conclusion, and Skøtt’s (2005) study even contradicts it, the researchers nevertheless express their confidence that, while not a genuine “third place” in the sense intended by Oldenburg (1999), “the library as a meeting place plays a substantial role in equalizing the possibilities of being an active citizen across social and economic differences” (p. 25). But however that may be, they are in any case convinced that their questionnaire and categorization scheme for meeting types have now shown their value, and that the grouping of types into “low-intensive” versus “high-intensive” appears to be fruitful. They do concede that their approach still requires more thorough and detailed examination, and that their survey instrument must be further refined and developed.
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Of College and Research Libraries, Association. "ACRL Board of Directors’ actions: Highlights of the Board’s Midwinter and fall meetings." College & Research Libraries News 82, no. 4 (April 5, 2021): 194. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/crln.82.4.194.
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, association governance has been taking place virtually since March 2020. With the ALA Midwinter Meeting taking place online, the ACRL Board met virtually in January and February. The Board held a virtual update session on January 25, 2021, and held Board meetings on January 27 and 29, 2021. In addition, the Board and Budget and Finance Committee convened for their annual joint meeting on February 2, 2021. As the Board did not meet in-person to approve confirmation of synchronous virtual actions taken during the fall meeting, this article also includes actions taken by the Board on November 16, 2020.
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Oxborrow, Kathryn. "Public Libraries in Norway Help Non-Western Immigrant Women to Integrate into Society." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 7, no. 1 (March 13, 2012): 114. http://dx.doi.org/10.18438/b85s4r.
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Objectives – To discover the ways in which the public library was used by immigrant women, with a particular focus on the library as a meeting place.
Design – Semi-structured qualitative interviews conducted in the participants’ native languages.
Setting – Public libraries in Norway. Participants lived in one of two cities both with a population of approximately 40,000 and a somewhat lower number of immigrants than the national average.
Subjects – Nine non-western women who had immigrated to Norway between 8 months and 17 years prior to the study. Three women were from Iran, Kurdistan and Afghanistan respectively. All identified themselves as public library users.
Methods – Participants were interviewed in their native languages and the qualitative results were analyzed in accordance with the theoretical framework set out by the authors. The main areas of focus were the role of the library in the generation of social capital, and the library as a high intensive versus low intensive meeting place.
Main Results – Participants used public libraries in various ways. In the initial stages of life in a new country they were used to observe and learn about the majority culture and language. They were also used as a safe place to openly grieve and provide comfort among close friends without fear of being seen by other fellow countrymen. Over time, participants came to use the library space in more traditional ways such as for information, social, and professional needs. The study also revealed that using public libraries built trust in the institution of libraries and librarians as employees.
Conclusions – The public library plays a key role in the generation of social capital, both in terms of integrating into the majority culture through observation and spontaneous interactions (bridging social capital) and connecting with others from participants’ home cultures (bonding social capital) for example through the provision of social space and other links to home such as native language materials. The public library was used initially by participants as a high intensive meeting place, for meeting with friends and consoling one another. In time, however, the public library became a medium- to low-intensive meeting place, with participants engaging in library programmes or in spontaneous interactions with other library customers. Moreover, the study refutes the Swedish Library Association’s conclusion that library is used more often by immigrants that have lived in the country for long periods of time.
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Shandurenko, Galina V. "United Nations Day in the Russian State Library." Bibliotekovedenie [Russian Journal of Library Science], no. 6 (December 7, 2012): 74–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.25281/0869-608x-2012-0-6-74-77.
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On the meeting with representatives of the UN which has taken place on October 24, 2012 in the Center of the international organizations documents of the official publications department of the Russian state library.
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Rath, Linda. "Omeka.net as a librarian-led digital humanities meeting place." New Library World 117, no. 3/4 (March 14, 2016): 158–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/nlw-09-2015-0070.
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Purpose – This case study aims to evaluate Omeka.net, the hosted Web publishing exhibit tool, as a low-cost and technology-friendly platform encouraging dynamic academic and non-academic communities to collaborate, explore and contribute to a genre film festival resource. Design/methodology/approach – A literature review established six variables to assess Omeka.net as a viable platform for libraries seeking to administer a resource-focused website adhering to information standards with limited budgets, training and technical or institutional support. The variables identified were cost; website management; content building and management; communities, engagement and collaboration; exploration and knowledge building; and website support. Findings – Omeka.net supports many activities with notable functions for website administration; collection building; media formats; collaboration; metadata; social media; user contributions; technical support; and the creation of simple, custom pages. While templates for page layouts offer a surprising amount of choices, some options are limited. Currently, interactive and exploratory items cannot be embedded into website pages. Originality/value – This paper discusses Omeka.net, the hosted version of the exhibit tool offered by Omeka, as a platform to encourage cross-sector collaboration for digital humanities projects, addressing a gap in the literature which focuses on Omeka.org, the open-source software version installed by libraries with access to servers and technical staff.
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Audunson, Ragnar. "The public library as a meeting‐place in a multicultural and digital context." Journal of Documentation 61, no. 3 (June 2005): 429–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00220410510598562.
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Karjoso, Karjoso, and Rizki Dwi Yulianto. "AKSESIBILITAS INFORMASI MELALUI MAKERSPACE DI PERPUSTAKAAN." KOMUNIKA 2, no. 2 (December 6, 2019): 65–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.24042/komunika.v2i2.6029.
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Conventional library that only relies on human resources and resources information on paper or physical media cannot last much longer because of a very large information explosion. This is supported by the development and availability of global information infrastructure. Therefore the library must adjust to utilizing information technology in order to provide access to the widest possible information to users. Libraries must provide access to information based on digital media. The development of information technology plays a role in making the wider public access to information. Access to information is facilitated by providing a space / place to be creative for users, access to information, and sources of information needed by users. At present the function of the library has shifted from a quiet room to a meeting place for "creators" or "makers". The library becomes a meeting place (Maker Place or Maker Space) that provides easy access to information and information sources. With the makerspace, the library is no longer just a quiet space, but rather a space of expression and open for the development of creativity and problem solving that produces the product of creativity itself. Makerspace is the right choice for solution in realizing sustainable development goals. That is because the library is able to open access to information to the community, help individuals and the community to develop skills and confidence, and help improve social networking. with the ultimate goal of creating an intelligent and prosperous society for the people of Indonesia.
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Chikisheva, Anna S. "The Annual Meeting of Directors of Libraries for Children and Young Adults." Bibliotekovedenie [Russian Journal of Library Science], no. 5 (November 1, 2012): 129–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.25281/0869-608x-2012-0-5-129-130.
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On the Annual Meeting of Libraries for Children and Young Adults on the topic “Actual problems of Libraries for Children Management” taken place at the Russian State Library for children on September 25 - 27, 2012.
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Mäenpää, Kirsi. "The innovative collaboration work in the Helsinki University Library: the case of Terkko Health Hub." Journal of EAHIL 16, no. 2 (June 24, 2020): 8–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.32384/jeahil16387.
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Terkko Health Hub is a startup community, a co-working area and an event space focused on health and life sciences. The Meilahti Campus Library of Helsinki University Library also operate in the Hub. A library is an important meeting place and learning environment. In the library, you will meet people and the feeling of belonging to a university community is amplified. The co-operation with Terkko Health Hub started when the library removed part of the printed collection and freed space was available for alternative use. We were satisfied and excited on the campus about the new collaboration.
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Bomhold, Catharine. "Mobile services at academic libraries: meeting the users’ needs?" Library Hi Tech 32, no. 2 (June 10, 2014): 336–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/lht-10-2013-0138.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe how academic libraries in the USA have responded to the rapidly evolving mobile environment and to determine if there is a noticeable, comprehensive pattern to instituting mobile services. Design/methodology/approach – The researcher surveyed library mobile services of 73 academic libraries at Carnegie Foundation rated RU/VH institutions. Based on this survey, the paper describes the current state of mobile services at very high research universities. Findings – While most academic libraries at research universities have some sort of mobile presence, what is offered is highly varied and is not predictable. There are still many notable University libraries that have no mobile presence. Practical implications – This study highlights the inconsistent nature of mobile services at research universities and identifies best practices in place at others. Originality/value – This is the first study to employ the Carnegie Foundation ratings of the university in which the library functions.
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Knox, Emily J. M. "Intellectual Freedom and Social Justice: Tensions Between Core Values in American Librarianship." Open Information Science 4, no. 1 (March 31, 2020): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/opis-2020-0001.
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AbstractOver the past few years, tensions between two core values in U.S. librarianship, intellectual freedom and social justice, have roiled the profession. This conflict was most recently seen in the insertion and subsequent removal of “hate groups” to the list of entities that cannot be denied access to library meeting rooms in the American Library Association’s Meeting Rooms Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights. This paper is intended to provide context for this conflict. It begins by situating its arguments within ethical philosophy, specifically the study of values or axiology. It then provides an overview of the theoretical foundations of the values of liberalism. Next, the paper discusses the values of truth and freedom from harm in librarianship. Finally, it suggests that a fuller understanding of the library’s place within the public sphere is a possible model for mitigating the tensions currently found in American librarianship. The paper is intended to provide a theoretical foundation for further research.
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Russell, Carrie. "Washington Hotline." College & Research Libraries News 79, no. 6 (June 5, 2018): 332. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/crln.79.6.332.
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Four college and research librarians who won ACRL scholarships to the 2018 National Library Legislative Day (NLLD) and ACRL leaders, including Immediate Past President Irene Herold and Executive Director Mary Ellen Davis, were hosted by ALA’s Washington Office for an in-depth briefing on the federal policymaking process. The meeting, which took place during National Library Legislative Day on May 8, focused on two case studies illustrating the unpredictability of the current political environment and the need for sustained, year-round advocacy—a common theme of the 2018 NLLD.
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Nurislaminingsih, Rizki, and Roro Isyawati Permata Ganggi. "Analisis Pemanfaatan Rumah Baca Apung oleh Masyarakat di Desa Tambak Lorok." Berkala Ilmu Perpustakaan dan Informasi 13, no. 2 (December 12, 2017): 217. http://dx.doi.org/10.22146/bip.27564.
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Rumah Baca Apung located in Tambak Lorok Village is a valuable asset belonging to the community that can be used as meeting hall and village library. In fact Rumah Baca Apung has not been utilized optimally in accordance with the function and purpose of building a library. Based on preliminary observations of the researchers, can be knew that the location is more often used as a place for discussion by the local people.Therefore, this study aims to further study the utilization of Rumah Baca Apung and the reasons behind the utilization. This research uses qualitative approach of case study with using data collection technique through interview, documentation study, and observation. The results of this study show that the use of Rumah Baca Apung has not been based on the function of education, research and preservation function of a library. Rumah Baca Apung also has not been used as a place to increase reading habit. Rumah Baca Apung is now used as a place of recreation, a place to discuss, socialize and counsel for the local people. The utilization of Rumah Baca Apung which has not yet represented the function of the village library is due to the limited quantity and quality of the collection books, the lack of educative games equipment, and the absence of learning companion teacher as a volunteer for the coastal children of Tambak Lorok.
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Borges, Michael. "Library advocacy starts at home." Bottom Line 18, no. 3 (September 1, 2005): 110–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/08880450510613551.
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PurposeTo give a quick and easy approach to library advocacy, with regard to the ongoing needs of keeping in touch with stakeholders due to poor or reducing government funding for public libraries, librarians are in the situation of having to advocate in new and different ways.Design/methodology/approachGiven the state of New York and federal funding, this approach explores the best practices that anyone can apply to approach stakeholders and policy makers for more funding.FindingsFunding for libraries in the USA is often tied to “who” the library knows and this article gives a direct “how to” approach that can be used throughout the local, state or federal lobbying process. Especially in meeting the sophisticated demands of library users, this approach ties funding to patron activities, such as reading, electronic resources and programming.Originality/valueThis snapshot on advocacy can give those in the front lines or new to the advocacy process a way to start thinking in new ways to getting an advocacy action plan in place. A web resource of state activities in the State of New York offers resources on advocacy, specifically targeted to library advocates. Other benefits include developing messages and building coalitions.
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Ming, Liu. "Demand-driven Service Innovation: Discovery and Analysis in Chinese Law Libraries." International Journal of Legal Information 44, no. 2 (July 2016): 173–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jli.2016.27.
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AbstractThis article introduces readers to a new perspective on meeting library user needs. The author employs Kano theory to examine library user demands in Chinese law libraries and how law libraries in China have tried to meet user needs on three different levels. The Kano model was first introduced by Professor Noriaki Kano of Tokyo Rika University. The model was based on the assumption that customer needs are constantly changing and the question becomes how to meet library users’ evolving demands. The article summarizes demands of Chinese law library patrons on three levels: basic needs, performance, and excitement demands. Currently, most Chinese academic law libraries meet the basic needs of library users, but they need to further enhance user satisfaction and promote the law libraries’ status as a legal information center instead of merely a place to collect and house books.
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Stephens, Julie. "School Librarires: Are they Places to Learn or Places to Socialize?" Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 2, no. 4 (December 7, 2007): 64. http://dx.doi.org/10.18438/b8d027.
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Objectives – To explore how students use the school library in their daily activities, who visits the school library, what activities occur during these visits, and how students value the school library.
Design – Comparative, multi-case study.
Setting – Two Norwegian senior high schools in two different counties.
Subjects – Students in year one, two, and three at two high schools; and teachers, principals, and school librarians at each of the two schools.
Methods – Data was collected from interviews, observations, documents, and questionnaires during the first five months of 1998. Most data was gathered from 25 observations in the school library (each observation was 3-4 hours in length). Observations were made in three specific areas of each library: work tables, the computer site, and a reading hall quiet area. In addition, seventeen 45-minute observations were made in various classrooms. To gain student perspectives and to learn how and why students valued the school library, in-depth interviews were conducted with 28 students, consisting of 2 boys and 2 girls from each of years 1, 2, and 3 at each school, plus 2 boys and 2 girls from the International Baccalaureate classes at one school. Four teachers from each school, the school librarians, and the principals from each school were also interviewed to explore attitudes about the school library, how they valued it and what instructional role they believed the library played in students’ daily lives. Sixty students completed questionnaires that asked when and for what reason students used the library, what locations in the library they used, and what the library meant to them in both their schoolwork and free time. Documents such as class schedules and curricula, and school policies and rules were also considered.
Main Results – Data analysis indicated students had a lot of appreciation for the school library, but mainly for its role as a “social meeting place,” rather than as resource center for information. Students were aware of the function, purpose, and importance of the school library, but rarely used it for projects or research. The library was most appreciated for the fact that users went there to meet friends and talk. One observed group did not borrow books or bring work to do, clearly demonstrating that their purpose in the library was strictly social. There were students who used the library for research and information retrieval, but these students were the minority. Most of the students who did instruction-related activities in the library did homework from textbooks they brought to the library. There was no indication that teachers or the school librarians made any efforts to alter the attitudes of students or their use of the library as a social club. Based on observations, the researcher offered several possible reasons for her findings: weak rules and few sanctions, invisibility of the school librarians, failure of teachers to use the library or make assignments that required information seeking, and lack of a cafeteria in School A (which may have also contributed to the value of the library as a “meeting place”). Leisure-related activities in the quiet reading hall were highest among the girls, and highest among the boys at the work tables and computer sites. Daily users (occupants) of the library at School A were second and third year boys and girls. Only boys from first, second and third year vocational classes were “occupants” at School B. The occupants at both schools influenced the activities of new users.
Conclusion – The findings of this study reveal a “gap between the rhetoric on instruction and school library use and actual practice” (pg.12). Students were rarely given assignments that required use of the library and there was no collaboration between the classroom teachers and the school librarian. The library was not perceived as a resource center and was not viewed as an integral part of daily instruction. Weak rules, few sanctions, misperceptions, and inadequate instructional leadership by the school librarian appeared to contribute to the observed behaviors related to library use in the two schools. The author suggests the need for organization, leadership, and the proper training of students on the use of the library. She mentions the need for principals, teachers, librarians, students, and teacher preparatory colleges to work hand-in-hand to bring about a change of attitude about – and usage of – the school library.
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Ableson, Serena. "Bringing Legal Education to the Canadian Arctic: the Development of the Akitsiraq Law School and the Challenges for Providing Library Services to a Non-traditional Law School." International Journal of Legal Information 34, no. 1 (2006): 1–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0731126500001190.
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In the Canadian Arctic on the southwestern tip of Baffin Island, there is a sacred meeting place marked by a ring of massive stones, “some weighing up to a ton, standing on end and arranged in a near perfect circle.” This place is called Akitsirqavik [cited as Akitsiraq] and for generations, this is the spot where people gathered for celebrations, games, feasts, and is the place where the Inuit Great Council met to discuss conflicts in their community and to agree upon solutions to these disputes. The last known Inuit traditional trial, a murder trial, occurred here in 1924. Akitsiraq means “to strike out, [to] render justice.”
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Smith, Steven R. B. "The Institute of Historical Research, 1971–96: its Third Quarter-century." Historical Research 69, no. 169 (June 1, 1996): 181–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2281.1996.tb01850.x.
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Abstract The Institute of Historical Research is the national centre for historical research, as well as being an international meeting place for historians, and it will be celebrating its seventy-fifth anniversary in July 1996. This article is an outline of its developments over the last quarter of a century, including statistical data on seminars, training courses, income and membership, along with information on the Institute's library, research projects, publications and role as an information centre.
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Audunson, Ragnar, Svanhild Aabø, Roger Blomgren, Hans-Christoph Hobohm, Henrik Jochumsen, Mahmood Khosrowjerdi, Rudolf Mumenthaler, et al. "Public libraries as public sphere institutions." Journal of Documentation 75, no. 6 (September 26, 2019): 1396–415. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jd-02-2019-0015.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the role of public libraries as institutions underpinning a democratic public sphere as reasons legitimizing libraries compared to reasons that are more traditional and the actual use of libraries as public sphere arenas. Design/methodology/approach A survey of representative samples of the adult population in six countries – Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Hungary and Switzerland – was undertaken. Findings Legitimations related to the libraries role as a meeting place and arena for public debate are ranked as the 3 least important out of 12 possible legitimations for upholding a public library service. Libraries are, however, used extensively by the users to access citizenship information and to participate in public sphere relevant meetings. Originality/value Few studies have empirically analyzed the role of libraries in upholding a democratic and sustainable public sphere. This study contributes in filling that gap.
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Kelders, Ann. "De Gouden Eeuw van de Bourgondisch-Habsburgse Nederlanden." Queeste 27, no. 1 (January 1, 2020): 63–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.5117/que2020.1.003.keld.
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Abstract The Royal Library of Belgium (kbr) has opened a new permanent museum showcasing the historical core of its collections: the luxurious manuscript library of the dukes of Burgundy. Centred around a late medieval chapel that is part of kbr’s present-day building, the museum introduces visitors to medieval book production, the historical context of the late medieval Low Countries, and the subject matter of the ducal library. The breadth of the dukes’ (and their wives’!) interests is reflected in the manuscripts that have come down to us, ranging from liturgical books over philosophical treatises to courtly literature. The Museum places late medieval book production squarely in its historical and artistic context. Visitors are not only introduced to the urban culture that provided a fruitful meeting place between artists, craftsmen, and patrons, but also to the broader artistic culture of the late Middle Ages. By presenting the manuscripts in dialogue with other forms of art such as panel paintings and sculpture, the exhibition stresses that artists at times moved between various media (e.g. illumination and painting) and were influenced by iconography in other forms of art.
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Groves, Christy, and Amy York. "The Meeting Places: Flexible, reservable, and equipped." College & Research Libraries News 74, no. 10 (November 1, 2013): 526–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/crln.74.10.9026.
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Pahl, Kate, and Chloe Allan. "‘I don’t know what literacy is’: Uncovering hidden literacies in a community library using ecological and participatory research methodologies with children." Journal of Early Childhood Literacy 11, no. 2 (June 2011): 190–213. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1468798411401864.
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This article describes an ecological study in Eastside, a particular area of Rotherham, a town in the north of England, UK. The purpose of the study was to collect information about literacy practices in a community setting, focusing on a library. The researchers used an ecological approach to data collection. The methodology included approaches such as a community walk around; using Flip video cameras, to record literacy practices; an audit of leaflets and literacy materials in local shops, libraries and other places; a visual log using photographs of the library and its surroundings; and fieldnotes, including observations of parent groups and craft groups, which were written up after each visit by two researchers. Following this, a regular weekly meeting called Research Rebels was set up by a group of young people aged between 6 and 13. This was a participatory project researching literacy in the community and in the library. The project was part of a longer study assessing the impact of a community literacy project in Rotherham. Analysis of the data revealed that the children’s perceptions of literacy included some practices that were less visible to adults. We argue that an understanding of space and place is critical to recognise the way in which children inhabit and use the spaces of literacy practices.
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Bissonnette, Lise. "The Bibliothèque nationale du Québec: A New Place of Culture Well Rooted in its Time." Alexandria: The Journal of National and International Library and Information Issues 17, no. 1 (April 2005): 25–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095574900501700104.
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Created in 1967, the Bibliothèque nationale du Québec (BNQ) has seen its initial mission of preserving Québec's documentary heritage considerably enriched in recent years. As a result, like many other national libraries in the world, the BNQ has been asked to become a large public library and to extend its field of action throughout its territory. Accordingly, in April 2005 the BNQ will inaugurate a new building in the heart of Montréal with holdings of four million documents, provide a large range of services on site and via remote access through an Internet portal, and offer its users a rich programme of training and cultural activities. The last step of growth, later in 2005, will be the merger of the Archives nationales du Québec and the Bibliothèque nationale, which was ratified by a law passed in December 2004. Equipped with vast documentary resources and basing its operations on advanced technological architecture, the BNQ intends to become a unique place of meeting and exchange in its community. At a time when the burgeoning of real and virtual information can create the illusion of unlimited access to knowledge, the BNQ also wishes to be a place of true intellectual freedom, unconstrained by the pressures of fashions and markets, a place in which excellent library science professionals will be able to guide all users, in an atmosphere of respect and neutrality.
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Thomas, Deborah A. "Intellectual Freedom and Inclusivity: Opposites or Partners?" Journal of Intellectual Freedom & Privacy 4, no. 3 (April 10, 2020): 7. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/jifp.v4i3.7129.
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A commentary on a recent controversy in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, when a speaker considered to be transphobic was allowed to book a meeting room at Vancouver Public Library. The library defended the right of the speaker to her freedom of expression, though certain conditions were placed on the event and the library publicly distanced itself from her views. The library has experienced a fractured relationship with the transgendered and gender non-confirming community since the event which it is attempting to mend. This article is an exploration of the arguments on both sides in the library community and beyond and of the larger questions about the use of public meeting rooms and freedom of expression in the 21st century. It is also about the personal journey of the author, an advocate for both intellectual freedom and LGBTQ+ rights, and her conversations to those attempting to find a new definition of what constititutes intellectual freedom.
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Forro, Denise. "Tyranny of distance: the challenges of coordinating a multinational consortium." Interlending & Document Supply 42, no. 2/3 (August 12, 2014): 83–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ilds-01-2014-0004.
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Purpose – This study aims to evaluate and report on the challenges faced by a multinational academic library consortium with a heterogeneous membership and widely varying collection resources. Design/methodology/approach – The author uses a case study approach based on direct experience obtained with coordinating the word of such a consortium, from its nascent stages to its fully functional present-day form. Findings – Coordinating the work of an academic library consortium that spans the globe presents challenges such as an inability to set a meeting time – and place – that is agreeable to all and copyright laws that vary from one country to the next. Cataloging practices may affect the system’s ability to select an appropriate supplier based on reported journal holdings, but this problem is easily solved by a careful review of local practices and the system’s search algorithms. Originality/value – This article is of interest to anyone involved in a library consortium, regardless of its geographic boundaries.
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Rowe, Gerard C., and Rob Brian. "Meeting the Needs of Comparative and International Legal Research in Australia: A Library Project—A Report and Proposal*." International Journal of Legal Information 20, no. 3 (1992): 238–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0731126500007939.
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Common Law systems have always practiced a fairly consistent comparative legal research and scholarship. Initially through the mere exportation of rules and principles from England this was a somewhat centripetal comparative law but it has passed through various modes of radial, circumferential, centrifugal and ultimately polycentric comparisons and cross-fertilizations. Nevertheless, this exercise in comparative law, also in Australia, has remained largely within the boundaries of the Common Law world. It is no longer possible for legal research to be conducted wholly within the boundaries of a single legal system, even that of the enlarged Common Law. Legal researchers need to look beyond the borders of their own jurisdictions. Hardly any legal system today is capable of operating without international interactions requiring a knowledge of foreign legal systems, and many legal problems, or socio-economic problems which law must help to solve, may find useful models elsewhere. In Australia there are needs for reform in fields such as intellectual property, banking or consumer law, and for providing qualified advice including predictions of developments in foreign legal systems to ensure that foreign commerce and trade is fully informed of potential benefits and disadvantages to be found under foreign law. Australia must also be able to take its proper place in fields such as international environmental protection, and to take advantage of potentially beneficial developments in dispute resolution techniques. All of these situations are ones in which, by looking outside their national and even Common Law framework, Australian legal researchers will be better placed to provide concrete benefits to Australian society.
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Portioli Mathias Teixeira, Patrícia, and Korina Aparecida Teixeira Ferreira da Costa. "PROJETO ARQUITETÔNICO PARA RELOCAÇÃO DA NOVA BIBLIOTECA PÚBLICA MUNICIPAL E PARQUE DE LEITURA – CIDADE DE PRESIDENTE PUDENTE/SP." Colloquium Socialis 2, Especial 2 (December 1, 2018): 867–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.5747/cs.2018.v02.nesp2.s0382.
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The project of the new municipal library comes with the intention of creating a space that is inviting for people to enter, use and stay doing the integration of the public with the place and promoting the approximation with the habit of reading, attracting the public through meeting points and leisure that allows you to stay. The project also brings a brief rescue to the memory of the former occupation of the building that was Cine Cine Gomes very well known in the city of Presidente Prudente. With the great circulation of pedestrians were proposed environments that start in the outside with a square and open parklets, and with the transparency of the building makes visible the interior attracting the public into the library, in addition to providing natural lighting and ventilation for greater visual comfort and thermal room inside the building, with spaces accessible for people with disabilities.
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Páez, Elena Santiago. "Bibliotecas de Arte de Madrid." Art Libraries Journal 14, no. 3 (1989): 10–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0307472200006337.
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During the last three years, following the 2nd European Conference of the IFLA Section of Art Libraries at Amsterdam in 1986, art librarians in Madrid have been meeting together to discuss common problems and co-operative projects. At the very first meeting it was agreed to compile a directory of art libraries in Madrid as a first priority; a preliminary listing was produced in 1987, and a fuller version, scheduled for publication in July 1989, was in preparation at the time of writing. Also at the first meeting, the need for a union list of periodicals was identified; a provisional list, of current titles, was completed in June 1987, and was converted to computer-readable form by the Biblioteca y Centro de Documentación of the Centro de Arte Reina Sofia; holdings of non-current periodicals will now be incorporated as well. It is also hoped to devise a co-operative acquisitions scheme to ensure the best possible provision of Spanish art periodicals without putting too great a burden on any one library. During 1989, a series of visits is taking place as the best way of familiarising art librarians with the collections and services of the different art libraries.
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Saepuddin, Didin. "Perpustakaan Dalam Sejarah Islam: Riwayat Tradisi Pemeliharaan Khazanah Intelektual Islam." Buletin Al-Turas 22, no. 1 (January 30, 2016): 25–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.15408/bat.v22i1.2927.
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Abstrak Perpustakaan dalam sejarah Islam menempati posisi yang signifikan. Keberadaannya merupakan bagian integral dari perkembangan dan kemajuan ilmu pengetahuan dan peradaban Islam terutama pada abad 8-10 M. Kehadiran perpustakaan dalam sejarah Islam sangat mengagumkan baik dari segi pengelolaan, jumlah kitab, jumlah pemakai, dan apresiasi para khalifah waktu itu. Secara hipotetis dapat dikemukakan bahwa jika tidak ada perpustakaan di masa tersebut maka ilmu pengetahuan dan peradaban tidak akan mengalami kemajuannya. Atau setidak-tidaknya perkembangan ilmu akan berjalan sangat lambat dan tersendat-sendat. Fungsi Perpustakaan dalam sejarah Islam adalah pertama, tempat mencari bahan referensi bagi para penuntut ilmu di berbagai tingkat pendidikan; kedua, bahan kajian para intelektual Islam; ketiga, pusat penyimpanan buku-buku dan manuskrif berharga karya ilmuan, keempat, sebagai tempat pertemuan untuk kepentingan diskusi ilmiah dan debat intelektual, dan kelima, menjadi simbol kembanggaan khalifah dan penguasa setempat. Kata Kunci: Bayt al-Hikmah, Baghdad, al-Rasyid, al-Ma’mun, Peradaban. ------ Abstract Library in Islamic history plays in a very significant role. Its existence is very amazing as well as it becomes as an unseparated part of the Islamic civilization and Islamic knowledge development particularly at 8Th -10th century. Hypothetically, if library does not exist, knowledge will not develop fast as well. There are some functions of library. The first, it is a place where the science seekers look for the reference; the second, it becomes a center of a study for muslim scholar, the third, it stores and saves a very valuable manuscript work and books, the fourth, a place where muslims scholar conduct meeting or discussion ,the fifth, library symbolizes a dignity of the Khalifa and the authorities. Key words: Bayt al-Hikmah, Baghdad, al-Rasyid, al-Ma’mun, Civilization.
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Colibaba, Amber, and Mark Skinner. "RURAL LIBRARIES AS CONTESTED SPACES OF OLDER VOLUNTARISM IN AGING RURAL COMMUNITIES." Innovation in Aging 3, Supplement_1 (November 2019): S17—S18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.064.
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Abstract Recent efforts to better understand voluntarism as fundamental to how rural communities are meeting the challenges of population ageing have highlighted ageing rural volunteers, and the attendant burden of older voluntarism, as key issues for ageing in place of rural residents and ageing rural community sustainability. Drawing on a case study of a volunteer-based rural library in Ontario, Canada, this study examines the experiences of older volunteers, the challenges of sustaining volunteer programs, and the implications of older voluntarism for rural community development. Findings from interviews and focus groups with library volunteers, staff, board members and community stakeholders demonstrate how the experiences of older volunteers and challenges of older voluntarism affect rural community development. The results reveal how participation, well-being, conflict and territoriality associated with older voluntarism contributes to ‘contested spaces of older voluntarism’ whereby older volunteers negotiate their rights and responsibilities associated with ageing and volunteering in rural communities.
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John, Gemma. "Libraries at Work: Exploring the Relationship Between Libraries and Work." Legal Information Management 18, no. 4 (December 2018): 194–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1472669618000427.
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AbstractThis paper, written by Gemma John and based on her keynote address at BIALL's 49th Annual Study Conference held in Birmingham in June 2018, explores the value of offices and libraries as spaces for meeting, sharing and learning in a moment when new technology enables individuals to access information anywhere, anytime, at the click of a mouse. Drawing on first-hand material from research, policy and projects, it explores the transformation of offices and libraries as workspaces, and the place of offices in the library and of libraries in the office. It focuses on how both offices and libraries are being designed for productivity as the boundary between work and home begins to blur in the United Kingdom.
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Awywen, Lynie, Katherine Santangeli, Salina Faizani, and Christina Vuong. "Meeting Students Where They Are: Centering University of Toronto Student Voices in Mental Health Conversations on Reddit." IJournal: Graduate Student Journal of the Faculty of Information 5, no. 1 (January 3, 2020): 131–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.33137/ijournal.v5i1.33477.
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As a result of the suicide that took place in March 2019 in the Bahen Centre at the University of Toronto, students and media have raised increasing concerns about the lack of mental health services available on campus. This article discusses how Reddit was used after the subsequent event to discuss mental health. The authors analyzed the subreddit, r/UofT, and found five common uses of Reddit for mental health, which include: searching for info on how to get help, sharing mental health resources, hearing other users experiences with mental health, and expressing concerns about mental health to raise awareness or advocate for better sources. Reddit is explored as an information source from a library context, and recommendations are provided for how LIS professionals can create and better support mental health initiatives within the University of Toronto.
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Blue, Gregory. "The East Asian History of Science Library/Needham Research Institute as an intellectual hub in the late 1970s and 1980s." Cultures of Science 3, no. 1 (March 2020): 43–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2096608320922324.
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During its first decade and a half, the East Asian History of Science Library/Needham Research Institute served both as the centre of the Science and Civilisation in China project and as a meeting point for discussions involving a wide range of researchers. Some of these were working on the history of science, technology and medicine; some were members of Joseph Needham’s and Lu Gwei-Djen’s broader networks; and some came seeking the views, guidance or assistance of the institute’s founders on diverse topics. In the institute’s first 6 years in particular, a series of delegations from China visited as that country embarked on re-expanding academic relations abroad in the wake of the Cultural Revolution. This article recalls the institute’s ambiance during those years, key individuals who were involved and some of the kinds of interactions that took place there.
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Ruksha, Gennady L. "Search for Integrated Technologies in the Activity of Libraries in the Modern Context." Bibliotekovedenie [Library and Information Science (Russia)], no. 5 (November 7, 2013): 20–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.25281/0869-608x-2013-0-5-20-26.
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The article analyses the contradictions of the current functioning of socio-cultural institutions in the field of education, considers the place and the role of libraries in this process, describes the experience of the State Universal Scientific Library of Krasnoyarsk Region in organizing book-illustrative exhibitions, people's university, academic meetings.
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Yonaftan, Andreas, and Timmy Setiawan. "FASILITAS EDUTAINTMENT DI KELAPA GADING." Jurnal Sains, Teknologi, Urban, Perancangan, Arsitektur (Stupa) 2, no. 1 (June 16, 2020): 45. http://dx.doi.org/10.24912/stupa.v2i1.6748.
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3rd Place or third place is a place where everyone can go there, regardless of social status, economy, work, etc., this place is usually a place where local residents can meet and talk with one another casually so they feel like being at home, being able to meet new people, become regulars, and so on. Therefore a 3rd place is very important in an area, especially in Jakarta which is the capital of the Indonesian state. But in reality what happens is the existing 3rd Place requires someone to buy something first so that it indirectly classifies a person's social and economic status. And also a lot of 3rd Place that is used by millennials to work in groups so that people who are relaxed enjoy their leisure time or are having a meeting for work become disrupted. Therefore the purpose of this research is to create a 3rd Place that is free and very open to the public by providing programs that can solve the issues that often occur. By using a design method that refers to the analysis of data about the weaknesses and strengths of the location of this area that produces design concepts and programs that are appropriate. So this project produces a 3rd Place with library programs for both children and adults, co-working space, cafes, sports fields, children's playgrounds, and others.Abstrak3rd Place atau tempat ketiga adalah sebuah tempat dimana semua orang dapat pergi kesana, tidak memperdulikan status sosial, ekonomi, pekerjaan dan lain-lain, tempat ini biasanya menjadi tempat para warga sekitar dapat bertemu dan saling berbincang satu dengan yang lainnya dengan santai sehingga mereka merasa seperti berada di rumah sendiri, dapat bertemu dengan orang baru, menjadi langganan, dan lain-lain. Oleh karena itu sebuah 3rd Place sangat penting dalam sebuah kawasan, terutama di Jakarta yang merupakan ibukota dari negara Indonesia. Namun pada kenyataannya yang terjadi adalah 3rd Place yang ada mengharuskan seseorang untuk membeli sesuatu terlebih dahulu sehingga secara tidak langsung mengelompokan status sosial dan ekonomi seseorang. Dan juga banyak 3rd Place yang digunakan oleh generasi milenial untuk bekerja kelompok sehingga membuat orang yang sedang santai menikmati waktu luangnya atau sedang meeting untuk pekerjaan menjadi terganggu. Oleh sebab itu tujuan dari penelitian ini yaitu menciptakan sebuah 3rd Place yang bersifat free dan sangat terbuka untuk umum dengan menyediakan program-program yang dapat menyelesaikan isu-isu yang sering terjadi. Dengan menggunakan metode perancangan yang mengacu pada analisa data-data tentang kelemahan dan kelebihan lokasi kawasan ini berada yang menghasilkan konsep perancangan serta program-program yang tepat. Sehingga proyek ini menghasilkan sebuah 3rd Place dengan program perpustakaan baik untuk anak dan dewasa, co-working space, kafe, lapangan olahraga, tempat bermain anak, dan lain-lain.
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Al-Busaidi, Ibrahim S., and Jonas U. Dupo. "Rate and Predictors of Publication of Resident Abstracts Presented at Oman Medical Specialty Board Scientific Meetings." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal [SQUMJ] 18, no. 4 (March 28, 2019): 501. http://dx.doi.org/10.18295/squmj.2018.18.04.012.
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Objectives: This study aimed to examine the rate and factors associated with the publication of abstracts presented by residents at Oman Medical Specialty Board (OMSB) scientific meetings. Methods: This retrospective study was performed in February 2018. Two previous national OMSB scientific meetings at which resident abstracts were presented were identified, having taken place in January 2014 and December 2016, respectively. Independent searches of the MEDLINE® (National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, USA) and Google Scholar (Google LLC, Menlo Park, California, USA) databases were conducted to determine subsequent publication of the abstracts. Results: A total of 68 resident abstracts were presented, of which most were clinical research (92.6%). Residents comprised 36.4% of the authors, of which 73.1% were senior residents. In 64 abstracts (94.1%), a resident was the first author. Overall, 15 abstracts (22.1%) resulted in articles published in 11 journals. Of these, 12 (80%) represented clinical research and 10 articles (66.7%) were published in MEDLINE®-indexed journals. Residents were the first authors of eight articles (53.3%). The median time to publication was 19 months. The presence of two or more resident authors per abstract was significantly associated with publication (odds ratio = 5.50, 95% confidence interval = 1.15–26.36; P = 0.03). Conclusion: The publication rate of resident abstracts presented at two OMSB research meetings was low; however, a higher number of resident authors per abstract significantly increased the likelihood of publication. These findings may influence policymakers to implement measures to support inter-resident collaboration so as to increase research productivity.Keywords: Biomedical Research; Graduate Medical Education; Internship and Residency; Meeting Abstracts; Publications; Oman.
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Nurfadillah, Muhammmad, and Ardiansah Ardiansah. "PERILAKU PENCARIAN INFORMASI MAHASISWA DALAM MEMENUHI KEBUTUHAN INFORMASI SEBELUM DAN SAAT PANDEMI COVID-19." Fihris: Jurnal Ilmu Perpustakaan dan Informasi 16, no. 1 (June 30, 2021): 21. http://dx.doi.org/10.14421/fhrs.2021.162.21-39.
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The Covid-19 pandemic has brought changes to every aspect of life, one of which is education. Due to these circumstances, conventional learning has turned into online learning to avoid potential virus-spreading in university clusters, and UPI Library and Information Science 2019 students must follow the policy. The study aims to determine the information-seeking behavior of university students in meeting their information needs and differences in information-seeking behavior before and during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study method uses a descriptive quantitative research method. The sample of this research is students who experience two types of learning, conventional learning (in the classroom) and long-distance learning (online class). The results of this study indicate that there are differences in information-seeking behavior of UPI Library and Information Science 2019 students before and during the Covid-19 pandemic both in terms of motivation, place, sources, strategies, and obstacles in finding information. This is shown from the percentages of respondents' answers that show a decrease in physical activity such as visiting the library and a decrease in the use of printed media in finding information during the Covid-19 pandemic. On the other hand, the use of electronic and online-based media to search for information such as e-journal catalogs is increasing, and the use of electronic information sources has also increased during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Lizunova, I. V., and A. S. Metelkov. "BOOK PUBLISHING AND DISTRIBUTION IN THE REGIONS: PROBLEMS AND DECISIONS." Proceedings of SPSTL SB RAS, no. 2 (July 5, 2020): 90–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.20913/2618-7515-2020-90-98.
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The meeting of the section “Russian Book Publishing: Regional Specifics, Channels of Promotion, Library Collections Formation”, attended by theorists and practitioners of book business: publishers, writers, booksellers, librarians, and readers, took place within the framework of the “Book Siberia” International Festival and the III Regional Book Forum with international participation “The Information Society: New Priorities of Book Culture”, held at SPSL SB RAS on September 12–14, 2019. There is a high degree of uneven development of territories in the Russian Federation compared with the majority of developed countries. This inequality is mainly determined by each region specifics, characterized by historically based specialization, particular geographical position, as well as innovation potential. The article presents the main problems of regional book industries: book publishing and dissemination, formation of book collections and brining books to the reader, stated by the discussion organizers – the authors of the paper, based on the participants’ opinions. Specialists discussed problems that exist in their field on the places and in Russian book culture in general, defined possible variants of cooperation of the process participants, perspective mechanisms of book industry functioning and developing for to create the united system of regional book publishing and distribution.
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Arnaud-Nguyen, Emilie. "Paper Analyses of Tocharian manuscripts of the Pelliot Collection stored in the National Library of France (Bibliothèque nationale de France)." Z Badań nad Książką i Księgozbiorami Historycznymi 14, no. 3 (November 18, 2020): 387–410. http://dx.doi.org/10.33077/uw.25448730.zbkh.2020.630.
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This paper describes the preliminary results of my PhD research within the ERC project “HisTochText”. The aim is to perform macroscopic analyses of archaeological papers from the Pelliot Collection. They are stored in the National Library of France (Bibliothèque nationale de France). Most were discovered in the oasis kingdom of Kucha, inscribed in an ancient Indian writing, brāhmῑ. The language was unknown in France. Kucha was a meeting place for many influences both western and eastern, insofar as paper analysis seeks to determine technological influences and local adaptations. Macroscopic analyses rely on traces found in the material of the paper which may be the result of the many stages in the life of the document: the raw material, the manufacturing process, the conditions of use and the storage conditions, both ancient and modern. To this day 350 fragments have been observed. Little is known about papermaking in Central Asia. As a consequence, every shred of information must be examined in order to determine the differences from and similarities to paper manufacturing in Xinjiang.
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Seal, Robert A. "Library spaces in the 21st century." Library Management 36, no. 8/9 (November 9, 2015): 558–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/lm-11-2014-0136.
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Purpose – Libraries and library professionals face multiple challenges in meeting user needs in the second decade of the new millennium. This is particularly true in academic libraries where students and faculty demand and expect fast, easy, and seamless access to information as well as flexible, comfortable places to work alone as well as collaboratively with colleagues, friends, classmates, and instructors. These same patrons often require the assistance of information specialists to navigate a library’s increasingly large array of online resources. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – This paper provides historical context and reviews recent trends in the area in the area of learning and study spaces in academic libraries. It also cites the successful information commons at the author’s home institution, Loyola University Chicago, examining its first six years of operation and projecting changes in its next half decade. Findings – The past 15 plus years have seen a major shift in philosophy in the USA and in other parts of the globe in terms of the importance of “library as space” in enhancing the role of the college and university library. As a result, academic institutions, at the urging of librarians, have created spaces known as information commons, learning commons, research commons, etc. in response to user needs for access to technology, group work, social interaction, and knowledge creation. Originality/value – The information commons in all its forms has not been static, indeed it has matured, adapting over time to changing technologies, patron needs, and pedagogies.
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Melot, Michel. "Les Nouvelles Bibliothèques Nationales et la Mutation des Bibliothèques à la Fin du 20e Siècle." Alexandria: The Journal of National and International Library and Information Issues 9, no. 3 (December 1997): 173–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095574909700900302.
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It is surprising to note the number of national libraries in the world being built at a time when virtual libraries are being talked about. The first reason for this phenomenon must be sought in the publication explosion, which information technology does not seem to be discouraging. There are however three more fundamental reasons for the persistence of libraries in their physical form. Their architecture is adapting to the diversification of media and usages, notably by the development of levels in accord with the rate of document use; the library has a symbolic function for people as a meeting place and a concentration of established knowledge; and, in spite of increasingly globalized and standardized electronic support, libraries express special features associated with regional cultures. As a threatened species, libraries arc developing their own defences and undergoing a transformation that could herald not just their survival but a renaissance.
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Brookbank, Elizabeth, Anne-Marie Davis, and Lydia Harlan. "Don’t Call It a Comeback: Popular Reading Collections in Academic Libraries." Reference & User Services Quarterly 58, no. 1 (October 10, 2018): 28. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/rusq.58.1.6838.
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Despite the persisting notion that recreational reading does not have a place in the academic mission of college and university libraries, these libraries have a long history of providing pleasure reading for their patrons. During the latter half of the twentieth century, the idea of academic libraries meeting the recreational reading needs of students seems to have fallen out of favor, but a literature review of that time period shows that the collections themselves still existed. Discussion of—and justifications for—these collections, however, has enjoyed a resurgence in the library literature over the past decade. Given this renewed interest, this study seeks to assess just how common these collections are in US academic libraries today, and whether or not they are, in fact, enjoying a comeback from previous decades. This study surveyed the thirty-nine academic libraries that make up the Orbis Cascade Alliance in the Pacific Northwest, a diverse group of libraries in terms of size, type, budget, and student populations. The results of the survey show that a majority of libraries have a recreational collection and that these collections are valued by patrons and librarians alike. Recommendations are made for shifting the perspective on popular reading collections and their place in academic libraries, as well as for how to study them in the future.
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Liff, Roy, and Airi Rovio-Johansson. "Systematic and serendipitous discoveries: a shift in sensemaking." Journal of Documentation 71, no. 6 (October 12, 2015): 1250–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jd-08-2014-0107.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to enrich the theoretical understanding of the phenomenon of sensemaking where a conceptual shift was provoked by a serendipitous encounter. Design/methodology/approach – A theoretical framework consisting of three elements of reflexivity: the cognitive, the social, and the normative, all of which support the study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted in the investigation of a serendipitous Episode that occurred in a larger research project. This Episode took place at a meeting between a social welfare officer and a psychologist in which they discussed the treatment of a psychiatric patient. When the psychologist left the meeting for a brief period, the researchers, unexpectedly, were able to interview the social welfare officer alone. Findings – This interview revealed a deviation from the institutionalized patient treatment procedure that was explained to the researchers in earlier interviews. The study shows that shifts in sensemaking are possible when researchers are open to serendipitous encounters. This shift in sensemaking in this Episode was strategic because it concerned the three most important aspects of the actor’s decision making: how to make diagnosis, treatments, and cooperate around the patient. Research limitations/implications – It is recommended that researchers use the theoretical framework of reflexivity to test their sensemaking processes as well as remain open to changes in planned, traditional methodological approaches. Originality/value – The study applies a post-hoc analysis with reflections on serendipitous events that may guide researchers when they encounter unanticipated events and make anomalous discoveries.
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Audunson, Ragnar Andreas. "Do We Need a New Approach to Library and Information Science?" Bibliothek Forschung und Praxis 42, no. 2 (June 1, 2018): 357–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bfp-2018-0040.
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Abstract This article analyses the pressure against librarianship and library and information science stemming from digitization and the increased importance attached to libraries’ role as meeting places and arenas for the public sphere. Both these developmental tendencies make many question the need of librarians as intermediaries between users and the sources of information. The navigating and searching for information in a digital world when the world itself has become a library, is far from trivial and the traditional competencies of librarians relating to searching for and finding information is as relevant as ever. LIS schools should also provide their students with theoretical tools helping them reflect upon the role and potential of libraries in relation to the challenges to upholding a sustainable public sphere in a digital and multicultural age. LIS schools should also convey to their students the historical continuity and legacy of libraries as a public sphere institution.
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Ivanova, Elena A. "Past, Present and Future of Libraries in the Mirror of Rumyantsev Readings — 2019." Bibliotekovedenie [Library and Information Science (Russia)] 68, no. 4 (August 27, 2019): 435–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.25281/0869-608x-2019-68-4-435-447.
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International scientific and practical conference “Rumyantsev readings — 2019” was held on April 23—24 in the Russian State Library. The conference covered a wide range of issues: “Libraries and museums in the context of history”; “History of the Russian State Library”; “Disclosure of universal and specialized collections of libraries: forms and methods”; “Future of libraries: evaluations, studies, forecasts”; “Libraries as centres of information-bibliographic activities”; “Library collections and library-information services in the age of electronic communications”; “Professional development of library staff: demands of time. Library as educational centre”; “International cooperation of libraries. Library as a platform for intercultural dialogue”. The conference was attended by specialists from libraries, museums, archives, universities and research institutes, representatives of professional associations and organizations from various regions of Russia and from Australia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Latvia, the United States of America, Tajikistan and Ukraine. Among the sections and round tables of “Rumyantsev readings” were both traditional, held within the framework of the conference on annual basis, and timed to the memorable dates and visits of foreign colleagues of the year. In 2019, the following sections were held: “Art editions in the collections of libraries: issues of study, preservation and promotion”, “Library classification systems”, “Rare and valuable books, book monuments and collections”, “Manuscript sources in the collections of libraries”, “Specialized collections in libraries”, “Collectors, researchers, keepers. Libraries in the context of history”, “Continuing education as a competence resource of library staff”, “Theory and practice of librarianship development at the present stage”, “Library digitalization: trends, problems, prospects”, “Effective library management: problems and solutions. (Pre-session meeting of the 32nd Section of the Russian Library Association on library management and marketing)”. Seminar from the series “Role of science in the development of libraries (theoretical and practical aspects)” “N.M. Sikorsky: scientist, organizer of book science and librarianship. To the 100th birth anniversary” took place. There were organized Round tables: “The new National standard for bibliographic description GOST R 7.0.100—2018 in the modern information environment”, “Library terminology in the context of digital space”, “Cooperation of libraries of the CIS countries: strategic directions”, “Flagship projects that shape the future of libraries”. The growing number of participants, the breadth of topics, the steady interest of specialists in traditional sections and the annual organization of new events in the form and content of the “Rumyantsev readings” allow the conference to stay among the largest scientific and practical events of library research in the country. The search for new topics and the introduction of topical issues on the agenda contribute to both activation of historical research and the search for ways of innovative development and intercultural interaction.
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Matlala, Mpubane E. "The Role of the Legal Deposit Library in Bridging the Digital Divide: A Case Study of the Msunduzi Library in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa." Research in Economics and Management 5, no. 3 (August 15, 2020): p151. http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/rem.v5n3p151.
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In the 21st Century, the pace of globalization and the growth of Information Communication Technology (ICT) facilities, such as computers and the Internet are fuelling human advancement. The development of ICT applications plays a vital role in providing information access. Access to the Internet is not enough, but ICT applications and the intellectual knowledge, expertise and skills to use them to find relevant information and solve problems is what is essential. It is critical that people who have access are in a better position as compared to those who lack access. This gap is known as the “digital divide”. In this digital era of information, people who do not have access to the Internet are at a disadvantage. This paper examines the role of a Legal Deposit Library in managing the Digital Divide in the Pietermaritzburg area. This is informed by the idea that libraries play a significant role in helping to bridge the digital divide by providing free access to the Internet and other ICT tools to users. It is well known that the library is the only place where people can access free information through ICTs without any costs. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used in the collection of data. Data is therefore, obtained through self-administered questionnaires, interviews, and observation. This triangulation of methods of data collection is designed to increase the validity and reliability of the results. The findings indicated that the Msunduzi library plays a key role in the delivery of digital inclusion activities, community engagement and social inclusion. The results indicated that while the Msunduzi library has made a considerable effort to ensure provincial-wide access to ICT, which currently constitutes an effective instrument for meeting information needs, a considerable number of challenges still exist. The factors impeding easy access are unearthed in this article and therefore, the paper recommends that the public library should engage on more outreach programs in order to include more people of the communities as it is clear that, ICT tools are the requirements for accessing information and participating in the global knowledge system because the ability to access ICT tools has become important to individuals to connect economically, politically, and socially with others in the world.
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Okpala, Helen Nneka. "Making a makerspace case for academic libraries in Nigeria." New Library World 117, no. 9/10 (October 10, 2016): 568–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/nlw-05-2016-0038.
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Purpose This paper aims to give a highlight on the concept of makerspace and its perceived benefits in academic libraries in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach The searches encompass current journal articles, books, newspapers, magazines, personal experiences on the concept of makerspace, 3D-printing and technologies in libraries. Practical examples of libraries that already have makerspaces in operation were sourced. Findings Findings of this study create awareness of benefits, challenges and strategies for developing and managing makerspaces in Nigerian academic libraries, using Zenith Library as a hypothetical sample. Research limitations/implications Only the proposal guide has been drafted. There is need for more investigations on the awareness of, and plan to adopt makerspace technologies in Nigerian academic libraries. Practical implications Librarians need to appreciate the makerspace technologies and forge ahead in establishing makerspace in strategic areas of their libraries which should serve as a meeting point for all users in the university community, and for the sharing of innovative ideas. Social implications There is need for a paradigm shift in Nigerian university libraries, hence the shift in librarians’ thinking and approach to find their place in the new maker movement. Originality/value The originality of the paper lies in its justification for establishing makerspace in Nigerian academic libraries alongside the drafted proposal which has been designed to serve as a guide to libraries in Nigeria, as no makerspace has been documented to be existing in any Nigerian library.
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Sozinova, K. A. "“Traces of my tears will remain on this paper ...”: Letters from Elizabeth Stephens to M. M. Speransky." Nauchnyi dialog 1, no. 8 (August 31, 2020): 412–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.24224/2227-1295-2020-8-412-427.
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The author of the article assumes that the interstate relations between Russia and Great Britain in the late 18th — early 19th centuries largely determined the area of private contacts between Russians and the British. English-Russian marriages have a special place in the history of English-Russian relations. Attention is paid to one of such unions — the marriage of the outstanding statesman M. M. Speransky with an Englishwoman Elizabeth Stephens. It is claimed that a significant role in Speransky’s fate was played by A. A. Samborsky, also married to an Englishwoman, in whose house Speransky’s fateful meeting with his future wife took place. It is reported that the Speransky Fund of the Russian national library preserved letters of Elizabeth Stephens to Speransky, previously not widely attracted by researchers, but not all of these letters actually belong to Elizabeth, some of them belong to her sister — Marianne. This study provides the first translation of these letters for the analysis of Speransky’s private life. The author concludes that the preserved correspondence meets the standards and methods of expression of feelings in the era of “sentimentalism.” The problem of how much Speransky was immersed in the cultural context of British reality due to this marriage is also considered. Despite the fact that the marriage was quite short, Speransky’s relations with the Stephens family were quite strong.