...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...

...Hanna Carlsson; Fredrik Hanell; Daniel Ocic Ihrmark Purpose The study has a twofold purpose to gain new insights into how contemporary antagonistic conflicts over culture unfold and the roles of libraries and museums therein and to contribute to a deeper understanding of the transnational dynamics...

...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...

...Cheryl Klimaszewski Purpose Personal museums provide the conceptual catalyst for liking as a research approach and inclusivity around “idiosyncratic” knowledges within information research. An adapted research paper format echoes the approach of personal museums: as a commentary on the limits...

...Neville Vakharia; Alex H. Poole Purpose This study examines the enabling factors and practices that foster knowledge management in museums and the impact of those factors and practices on museums' performance and public value. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted an exploratory...

...Maayan Zhitomirsky-Geffet; Inna Kizhner; Sara Minster Purpose Large cultural heritage datasets from museum collections tend to be biased and demonstrate omissions that result from a series of decisions at various stages of the collection construction. The purpose of this study is to apply a set...

... and museums, preservation is defined in terms of specific professional and institutional practices, and the systematic development and application of materials and tools to keep collections safe and accessible for a variety of future uses. Even within the professional definition of preservation...

...Peter Booth; Trilce Navarrete; Anne Ogundipe Purpose This study aims to investigate how, in forming their policy towards open data (OD), art museums interact with the OD ecosystems they are part of, comprising internal and external components such as cultural policy, legal frameworks, user groups...

...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...

...Andreas Vårheim; Roswitha Skare Purpose In museum research, museums are held as vital in maintaining the public sphere. This scoping review takes stock of the present status of museum–public sphere research by providing an overview of the existing literature as a point of departure for future...

... of the English Wikipedia edition. The authors manually coded the topic of the article in question, documented the number of monthly average views and identified the originating museum. They analysed the use of images based on frequency of use, frequency of view, associated topics and location. Early...

... 23 04 2020 24 06 2020 25 06 2020 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Institutions Libraries Privacy Theory Museums Digital communications Sanctuary Contemplation As information and communication...

...-use rights only Kiersten F. Latham can be contacted at: kflatham@msu.edu 02 05 2019 05 02 2020 06 02 2020 Contemplation Contemplative studies Information science Information behavior Philosophy Wisdom Libraries Museums “Reading seeks for the sweetness...

... for document curators and scholars, especially in relation to the documentation of spatial data, which is central to this work. Archives Documentation Classification Archaeology Museums Spatiality Provenance Provenience AM documentation are filled with punctuated moments of descriptive...

..., collaboration is another major theme in existing research, and Vanderberg (2012) sees a connection between digitalization and collaboration: “Many within the information field have declared that libraries, archives and museums (LAMs) must collaborate or else face extinction. The convergence...

...Helen J. Waller; David S. Waller Purpose The purpose of this paper is to observe the nature of documentation and the description used in object biographies by an auction house catalogue and an online museum collection database in relation opera costumes. This research aims to discuss the issues...

...Håkon Larsen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the role of ALM organizations within a Nordic model of the public sphere. Design/methodology/approach This is a conceptual paper discussing the role of archives, libraries and museums in light of a societal model of the Nordic public...

.... Digital libraries Archives Museums Digital cultural heritage Archival collections Non-research use The purpose of this paper is to investigate how non-research users access and use digital surrogates from archival collections via mobile walking tour app. Much of the existing literature...

... literacy instruction. Information literacy Education Schools Literacy Museums Children (4-6 year old) Visual literacy Contemporary culture is increasingly relying on visual communication offered through “the visually rich web, photo dependent social networks, video saturated media...

...Daniel Carter Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute to understandings of how documents are experienced by looking to work in reception studies for methodological examples. Based on a review of research from literary studies, communication studies and museum studies, it identifies...