... to post-positivistic paradigms shaping scholarly discourse (Mehra, 2021). Social justice is a guiding principle for social inclusion, participation, human rights and learning cultural competencies. In the LIS curriculum, the idea of social justice includes promoting fairness, diversity, acceptance...

..., and the imaginative space provided by books and reading, to move from their traditional role as a neutral space to a more dynamic role, in which the promotion of reading supports inclusion and diversity. Public libraries Readers Communities Social inclusion United Kingdom Ireland © Emerald Group...

...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...

...Charlie Bennett In 2001, North Lanarkshire Libraries and Information Service secured funding to deliver on‐line learning and support through a Community Learning Hub to the Motherwell North Social Inclusion Partnership area containing some of the most socially excluded communities in North...

... meets the key recommendations as outlined in recent reports. The majority of library services surveyed offer family learning on a regular basis. Social inclusion, funding and partnership working are key issues, but their influence does vary between library services. Overall library services seem...

...‐range perspective is to create an integrative environment that aims at reducing the cultural distance between the immigrant groups and the Danish part of the population (Skov, 2003). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Public libraries Integration Social inclusion Ethnic minorities...