...Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt; Hans Dam Christensen; Berndt Clavier; Lisa Engström; Rikke Lie Halberg; Nanna Kann-Rasmussen Purpose Democracy is often invoked as a core value of public libraries, archives and museums (LAMs) in Western countries. This article starts from the proposition...

...Paul Ojennus Purpose The purpose of this study is to frame the value of library patron privacy in terms of Kantian ethics, providing a justification of why patron privacy should be protected that may be persuasive beyond the library community, particularly in a United States policy context...

...Nanna Kann-Rasmussen; Hans Dam Christensen; Henrik Jochumsen; Casper Hvenegaard Rasmussen Purpose This article examines how “neutrality” has been challenged in the research literature on libraries, archives, and museums (LAMs) over the past ca. 25 years. The concept of neutrality shapes our...

...Casper Hvenegaard Rasmussen Purpose Recent debates in library and information science have cast neutrality and social justice as irreconcilable–like oil and water. This paper challenges that view, advocating for balanced librarianship, where diverse values are negotiated through an ongoing...

...Sunniva Evjen; Ragnar Andreas Audunson; Eeva-Liisa Eskola Purpose There are few studies that delve into decision-making within library policymaking. Libraries are rarely a political priority, and this study provides insight into the rationales behind these large library investments. Design...

... of scholarly blogs. Originality/value Our study presents novel, original and large-scale findings on German scholarly blogs and their integration into digital research and information infrastructures that are relevant to information professionals and blogging scholars. Libraries Digital preservation...

...John Buschman Purpose Legitimacy is a sustained scholarly topic of interest across many disciplines – including library and information science (LIS). That does not mean all is well. It is the thesis here that LIS replicates problems that scholars have identified from the broader literature...

... information-based societies and cultures; however, people’s everyday interactions with spiritual and religious information have received disproportionate attention in information and library science research. Accordingly, this paper aims to understand how scholars have explored religion and spirituality...

...Ross Jones; Briony Birdi Purpose Social media (SM) has been heavily criticised in recent years for its damaging effects on societies globally. Tasked with empowering those same societies, libraries’ continued use of SM is considered ethically contentious. This study presents the findings...

...Antonella Foderaro Purpose This study introduces Simone Weil's impersonal justice concept and its relevance to libraries' identity and role in societies. The article presents the constituents of impersonal justice and a theoretical justification for the coexistence of neutrality with libraries...

... The purpose of this literature review is to provide an overview of and insights into a selected bibliography of 102 research publications on libraries – of all types – sustainability and sustainable development, including the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The review procedure is inspired...

... widely discussed in the archival studies literature and continues to evolve (Cloonan, 2018). Preservation is commonly defined in terms of keeping things, saving things or “the action of preserving from damage, decay, or destruction” (OED Online, 2020). In the modern context of libraries, archives...

... to the library and information science community to support documentation and conservation of cultural and biocultural heritage has been presented Based in existing Literature, this proposal is generative and descriptive—rather than prescriptive—regarding precisely how libraries should collaborate...

...Małgorzata Fedorowicz-Kruszewska Purpose The objective of the article is to determine the numerical increase in publications on green libraries and the dynamics of its development as well as to determine the thematic structure of the scientific literature in the field of green libraries and its...

... into conversation with theories of time and temporalities. Findings Three registers of time in reading are put forward: (1) libraries and books as places that readers return to again and again over time, (2) temporalized reading bodies and (3) everyday reading as a temporalized practice. Research limitations...

...Randolf Mariano; Andreas Vårheim Purpose Libraries, museums and cultural centers have long served as cultural ambassadors and foreign policy instruments, bridging diplomatic relationships among nation-states and institutions. The purpose of this scoping review is to ascertain and understand...

... as threats to the current public sphere infrastructure, undermining libraries, archives and museums (LAM institutions), and media outlets. Among the three LAM institutional types, museums seem to be the least affected by digitalization. A survey of six European countries found that museums are significantly...

...Erik Radio; James Kalwara Purpose The aim of this article is to analyze the trajectory of library linked data in light of the ideological machinations of late capitalism. This is accomplished in order to understand how and why its development currently occupies a place of contradiction and provide...

...Tove Faber Frandsen; Kristian Møhler Sørensen; Lyngroes Fladmose Anne Every person who works in a library has their own personal library story, as does every person who uses a library. Unfortunately, every nonuser also has a story of why they do not use the library. Often community leaders...

... and various subscriptions and databases provided through academic libraries, alongside content found on the open web. For academics within universities, journal subscriptions are negotiated by their libraries and provided to the reader through a variety of databases and portals. There is no single way...