...Lindall Elaine Adams Purpose This study aims to investigate how public libraries in disadvantaged South African communities foster social capital. It focuses on the Emfuleni Local Municipality, where poverty and unemployment are widespread. It examines the role of libraries in providing trusted...

... understood in relation to social capital. The Habermasian and Mouffean views on democracy are the most widely used, indicating an Apollonian and Dionysian duality in recent public library research. Originality/value This study is the first large-scale systematic review explicitly categorising...

... Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Social capital Focus groups Public libraries Value Impact Public sphere In this paper an extended understanding of the public library in the early twenty-first century, and its epistemic functions, is presented. It is based on an analysis...

... at: igarashi@klis.tsukuba.ac.jp 21 12 2021 18 03 2022 20 03 2022 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Social division Inequality Social capital Democracy Public library Public libraries can also contribute...

... different cultures, communities and contexts (Bruce et al., 2014 , p. 6). Social networks Immigrants Information experiences Information sharing fear Ethnic community networks Settlement information sources Information behaviour Social capital Information and settlement Nafiz...

... framework bringing together theories of information behaviour with theories of social capital. Mixed method design incorporating observation, interviews, and focus group conducted in areas of multiple deprivations. Participants’ young people aged 16-19 not in education, employment or training (NEET...

...Andreas Vårheim; Sven Steinmo; Eisaku Ide Purpose Librarians and the library profession keep repeating that libraries contribute greatly to generating social capital by “building community”. However, little evidence of this has been presented. This paper aims to be a first step towards correcting...