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Wojciechowska, Maja – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2023
Academic libraries, apart from their main function, which is to provide information services to academic communities, may also perform a number of social roles in the broad meaning of the term. Accordingly, they now tend to serve as the third place offering inclusion and animation activities to academic as well as local communities (including…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Academic Libraries, Librarians, Librarian Attitudes
El-Shaimaa Talaat Abumandour – Journal of Research in Innovative Teaching & Learning, 2021
Purpose: Public libraries play a pivotal role in supporting education and literacy. They provide numerous services, activities, collections and resources for education and leisure. Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) is an international renowned public library that provides numerous services for different users worldwide. E-learning is an emergent and…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Library Role, Electronic Learning, Lifelong Learning
Sanford, Katherine; Clover, Darlene E. – Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 2016
Public libraries have long been considered important spaces of adult education and learning. However, major social changes over the past few decades, and the impact these have had on libraries' work, have received little attention. Our three-year cross-national study of libraries in Canada and Britain explored how librarians navigate the discourse…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Public Libraries, Aesthetics, Foreign Countries
Rothbauer, Paulette – Library Quarterly, 2009
Situated in a review of rural, cultural, and youth geographies, this article reports on a qualitative study of the role of reading and libraries in the lives of older rural teenagers. The primary method of data collection was the use of in-depth, flexibly structured interviews with twenty-seven youth between the ages of fifteen and nineteen years,…
Descriptors: Library Role, Reading, Late Adolescents, Rural Population
Julien, Heidi; Hoffman, Cameron – Library Quarterly, 2008
The purposes of the study were to explore the role of Canada's public libraries in developing the public's information literacy (IL) skills, to explore current IL training practices, and to explore the perspectives and IL experiences of individuals who visit public libraries to access the Internet. This article documents the second phase of a…
Descriptors: Library Personnel, Public Libraries, Foreign Countries, Information Literacy
Mackenzie, Christine – Australian Library Journal, 2008
The paper describes the introduction of Web 2.0 techniques and tools at the Yarra Plenty public library in Victoria, beginning with library staff. The author argues that as libraries move from Web 1.0 type delivery systems to the social networking world of Library 2.0 librarians need to deploy and make accessible these radically different systems,…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Library Personnel, Public Libraries, Library Services

Vaughan, Liwen Qiu – Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, 1997
Describes a survey of Ontario (Canada) medium-sized businesses that was conducted to investigate the impact of the public library on business success and discusses results that found a significant relationship between public library use and business success. A copy of the questionnaire used is appended. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Business, Foreign Countries, Library Role, Public Libraries
Fiore, Carole D. – New Directions for Youth Development, 2007
Virtually all public libraries in the United States provide some type of summer library reading program during the traditional summer vacation period. Summer library reading programs provide opportunities for students of many ages and abilities to practice their reading skills and maintain skills that are developed during the school year. Fiore…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Library Services, Reading Programs, Reading Improvement

Mittermeyer, Diane – Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, 1994
Analyzes the evolution of public library boards in Ontario (Canada) from a politico-historical perspective. The need for librarians to play a more active, visible role in politics is suggested; the origin of the board form of governance is explained; and future possibilities, including abolishing public library boards, are discussed. (Contains 28…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Governing Boards, Government Role

Vaughan, Liwen Qiu; And Others – RQ, 1996
A survey of 180 small businesses in the London, Ontario (Canada) area examined the role of the library in providing information. Found that small businesses mainly obtained information through informal sources: customers; suppliers; and friends, associates, and relatives. Concludes that public libraries should network and promote an image of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Sources, Library Role, Library Services

Abernethy, Janet – Canadian Library Journal, 1984
Public libraries have vital role to play in introducing computer technology through provision of equipment, programs, and elementary instruction to users of all ages. Creative and resourceful approaches to budgeting and establishing policies and procedures will be required. Canadian public libraries (Oakville, Etobicoke, Aurora, Toronto) provide…
Descriptors: Children, Computer Literacy, Computer Science, Computer Science Education
Amey, L. J. – 1974
Public and school libraries having begun as an outgrowth of each other and then separated, have some overlap in philosophy, function, and public served. Although studies have opposed the combined school and public library, communities continue to attempt mergers largely for promise of dollar savings. There is also a philosophical trend in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cooperative Planning, Financial Problems, Financial Support
Saleemi, A. Hamid – 1971
A large segment of the rural population has a low educational profile. According to the 1961 census, 87% of the male and 75% of the female labor force of Prince Edward Island had grade eight or lower education. Public libraries are the only provincial agencies which can be of any help if the dropouts, functional illiterates and the undereducated…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Disadvantaged, Educational Needs, Educationally Disadvantaged

Skory, Violet – Canadian Library Journal, 1989
The development and current status of Friends of the Library groups in Canada and the United States are discussed. Suggestions for forming a group and fostering cooperation between the Friends and the library are offered. The resulting benefits to the library and the community are explored. (25 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Community Services, Community Support, Cooperation, Foreign Countries

Harris, Roma M.; Dilevko, Juris – Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, 1997
Examines the collective agreements of Canadian public and academic libraries to determine the nature and frequency of technological change clauses. Findings indicate that overall, Canadian librarians have not been able to use the collective bargaining process as a means to claim a proactive voice in the introduction and integration of technology…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Collective Bargaining, Foreign Countries, Information Technology
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