...Bruce Massis Purpose The purpose of this study is to report that the library has recognized the benefit to the community of including art gallery space in the library. Design/methodology/approach This paper is a literature review and commentary on this topic that has been addressed...

...Wanda V. Dole; J.B. Hill Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report the second phase of a study on the impact of one North American academic library extending library privileges gratis to community users. Design/methodology/approach The paper reports the results of a web‐based...

...Mike Freeman The two editors introduce the topic well, emphasizing the range and applications of archives in communities, such as oral history, records generation and exploitation and specialist archives. David Mander presents a thoughtful account on the history and development of “community...

...Robert E. Wolverton, Jr; April K. Heiselt Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the role of community service in academic librarianship in the USA and models for developing local community service programs that encourage participation from academic librarians. Design/methodology...

...S.M. Zabed Ahmed Purpose The main purpose of this paper is to identify Bangprok community's information needs and to evaluate the performance and impact of its boat library. Design/methodology/approach The research methodology included a complementary two‐stage process. First of all, a house...

...Sarah McNicol Sophie   Brookover and Elizabeth   Burns . Pop Goes the Library: Using Pop Culture to Connect with Your Whole Community . Medford, NJ : Information Today Inc   2008 . 298 pp. , ISBN: 978‐1‐57387‐336‐9   $39.50 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009...

... resources, blogs, etc. and will be updated with new articles, posts and tools. In addition, the penultimate chapter of the book is devoted to ways of “keeping up” including suggestions of professional literature to read, blogs, online communities and conferences. Information society Society...

... the peace and reconciliation agenda and draws on the external evaluation report findings. Findings The project demonstrates that public libraries are well placed to develop and deliver community‐based programmes to address sensitive and contentious issues, through the provision of reading activities...

...Lan Anh Tran Purpose This research seeks to extend our understanding of how community information networks (CINs) are used by public libraries in New Zealand, and to assess key factors in adoption of the internet for CINs. It also aims to explore the application of a particular theory...

...Kerry Benstead; Rachel Spacey; Anne Goulding This research paper explores alternatives to the mobile library service in providing a public library service to rural communities in England and the impacts of best value, public library standards and social inclusion policy on provision...