...Sein Oh; Lorri Mon Purpose By examining types of literacies taught by public libraries and the modes through which these programs were offered, this study aims to explore how public libraries might integrate data literacy training for the general public into existing library educational programs...

... ”, Information and Learning Sciences , Vol. 122 Nos 5/6 , pp. 341 - 359 . Campana , K. , Mills , J.E. and Martin , M.H. (2019), “ The role of community data in helping public libraries reach and serve underserved communities ”, Information in Contemporary Society: 14th International...

...Rebecca M. Teasdale Purpose Evaluation of public library makerspaces traditionally examines achievement of library goals, which reflect leaders’ and funders’ values. Understanding makers’ experiences and perspectives may help evaluators frame their inquiry to reflect community values, test...

...Soo Hyeon Kim; Gi Woong Choi; Yong Ju Jung Purpose This paper aims to investigate design principles for transforming existing making communities of practice within public libraries into online knowledge-building communities to support youths, families with young children and adult members’ making...

...Mitra Pashootanizadeh; Saideh Khalilian Purpose The purpose of this study is to measure how effective television programs are in persuading teenagers to use public libraries. Design/methodology/approach This study is a descriptive survey. The statistical population includes all members...

... © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Academic libraries Recruitment Public libraries Succession planning Retention Vietnam Employee recruitment and retention are playing an increasingly important role in promoting...

... public libraries to be used by schools that do not have their own ICT lab in Ghana and the library should employ more staff to help with the training. 13 06 2017 10 07 2017 10 07 2017 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only...

... Succession planning Public libraries Library leadership Mekong delta Unlike the Western countries, the Communist Party of Vietnam is the only leading political party of the nation. Through Congress meetings, circulars and decisions, the Communist Party of Vietnam maintains and develops national...

...) is a digital culture boosting project launched by the Ministry of Culture of the People’s Republic of China with National Library of China as its implementing unit. The project aims to build a nation-wide library network that could support and guarantee resource development and sharing among public libraries...

... in relation to user participation in public libraries in a Nordic perspective. How can participation in public libraries be characterised? Why should libraries deal with user participation? What kinds of different user participation can be identified in public libraries? Design/methodology/approach...

...Evgenia Vassilakaki; Valentini Moniarou-Papaconstantinou Purpose This study aims to investigate public library users’ perceptions of information professionals. Specifically, it focuses on exploring users’ perceptions regarding librarians’ status, work duties, performed work and educational...

... for the future of work in public libraries; and second, to demonstrate the explanatory potential of the concept of immaterial labour for questions relating to emerging labour processes in libraries. The concepts of “prosumer” and Web 2.0 are included as discursive resources of relevance to any discussion...

... and scholarly research on makerspaces is growing. Makerspace user agreements are new to this growing field of interest, and a content analysis of these documents will pave the way for the writing of future forms. Public libraries Academic libraries 3D printing Liability forms Makerspace User agreements...

...) work involving translated titles. Design/methodology/approach – The article uses the method of bibliographic data analysis based on 350 selected translated fiction titles (and 2,100 corresponding catalog records) from six large Canadian public libraries. Findings – As the results...

...Carl Gustav Johannsen Purpose – The aim of this article is to identify the main approaches and discuss their perspectives, including their strengths and weaknesses in, especially, public library contexts. The purpose is also to present and discuss the results of a recent – 2014 – Danish library...

.... This article also includes proposed strategies for improving these relationships. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Public libraries United States School libraries Community partnerships Rural libraries Youth services There are many factors that wear away...

...Mike Freeman Edited by Peter Hernon and Joseph R. Matthews Reflecting on the Future of Academic and Public Libraries London Facet Publishing 2013 219 pp. 978-1-85604-948-1 £49.95 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 --> Academic libraries...

...Mike Freeman Purpose – The purpose of this report is to provide an account of the UK's new public library of Birmingham. Design/methodology/approach – Details the construction, exterior and interior design, contents and location, including special collections, and describes the official...

...Anne Goulding Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the impact of the Big Society on public libraries in England. It evaluates the conceptualisation of public libraries as agents in the Big Society agenda and explores the practical implications of this positioning. Design...

...; and it conceptualizes the RA interaction as an intercultural encounter, using the uncertainty reduction based theory of intercultural adaptation to frame the discussion. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 The practice of readers' advisory (RA) has been a crucial and integral part of public libraries...