New frontiers in public library research

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New frontiers in public library research

edited by Carl Gustav Johannsen, Leif Kajberg

Scarecrow Press, 2005

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Papers originally presented at a seminar held at the Royal School of Library and Information Science in Copenhagen, December 10-11, 2001

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

  • Librarians' experiences of introducing the Internet in the public library : a study in Southern California / Ulla Arvidsson
  • Web-based community information services in public libraries / Marianne Hummelshøj
  • A poem lovely as a tree? : virtual reference questions in Norwegian public libraries / Tord Høivik
  • Implications of the concept "samhällsinformation" for the public library field in Sweden / Karen Nowé
  • The public library, networked information resources, and the concept of learning center / Trine Schreiber
  • Valuation of public libraries / Svanhild Aabø
  • Between new public management and ethics : library management under cross-pressure / Carl Gustav Johannsen and Niels Ole Pors
  • Usability studies and focus groups as methods for developing digital public library services in a multiethnic society / Ågot Berger
  • National identity as cultural policy with emphasis on the library as an institution / Andrew Cranfield
  • The intercultural encounter between Danish public libraries and ethnic minority users / Hans Elbeshausen and Charlotte Werther
  • Classification of religious literature : some thoughts on the dilemmas of Universalism / Kasper Graarup
  • Ethnic diversity in Danish public libraries / Bo Christensen Skøtt
  • Architecture and design of Danish public libraries, 1909-1939 : between tradition and modernity / Nan Dahlkild
  • Foreign influence on the development of the Danish public libraries with emphasis on the Association Denmark's popular book collections, 1905-1919 / Martin Dyrbye
  • Institution, modernity, and discourse : three perspectives on public library history / Laura Henriette Christine Skouvig
  • The meaning of the public library in people's everyday life : some preliminary results from a qualitative study / Ellen-Merete Duvold
  • The public library as a social field / Henrik Jochumsen and Casper Hvenegaard Rasmussen
  • Users' library discourses / Sanna Talja
  • The heritage of public librarianship / Michael K. Buckland
  • Research perspective / Sandra Parker
  • Summing up : practitioner's perspective / Ruth Ørnholt

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