Intra‐organisational marketing culture and market orientation: a case study of the implementation of the marketing concept in a public library

The aim is to investigate how digitisation and in particular e-books have changed relations between private players and public institutions within the Danish book world through a case study of eReolen, a private-public partnership functioning as common platform for public libraries’ lending of e-books in Denmark. Traditional and new models of the book world are discussed as the basis of understanding relations between the players. A new way of analysing the field outlined by literary sociologist, Professor Johan Svedjedal, is adopted. The main conclusions are that the lending of e-books has disrupted the traditional understanding and interaction between the public library system and the commercial book market. In addition, the Danish library system through the partnership has taken on a new function in relation to the commercial market, namely acting as the engine in building a market for Danish e-books.

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Library services enriching community engagement for dementia care: The Tales & Travels Program at a Canadian Public Library as a case study

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science ◽

10.1177/09610006211065170 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 096100062110651

Author(s):

Jiamin Dai ◽

Joan C. Bartlett ◽

Karyn Moffatt

Keyword(s):

Public Libraries ◽

Public Library ◽

Well Being ◽

Dementia Care ◽

Future Research ◽

Library Services ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Community Based ◽

People With Dementia

Growing dementia-friendly library services are contributing to community-based dementia care. Emerging community programs in libraries and museums provide notable opportunities for promoting engagement and inclusivity, but these programs have yet to receive in-depth assessments and analyses to guide future research and practice. This paper presents a case study examining a social and storytelling program for people with dementia run by a Canadian public library. It investigates two research questions: How can public library programs contribute to community-based dementia care? And what are public libraries’ strengths and challenges in running programs for people with dementia? The study involves participant observations of the program and semi-structured interviews with people with dementia, caregivers, and program facilitators (librarians and Alzheimer Society coordinators). Through thematic analysis of fieldnotes and transcripts, the study reveals how this inclusive platform supports engagement, fosters relationships, helps caregivers, and reaches broader communities. This research further uncovers the librarians’ diversified roles as demonstrated through their collaboration with professionals, preparation and research, and facilitation of the sessions. This paper advances librarianship research on enriching community-based dementia care, including furthering inclusivity and engagement and extending accessible library services. By analyzing library programming for the dementia community and assessing its strengths and challenges, the paper highlights librarians’ awareness of the community’s evolving needs and their collaboration with other professionals. It offers practical insights on useful resources and emerging best practices that will hopefully inspire other initiatives in which information professionals can help improve the well-being of vulnerable populations.

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“Book Nerds” United: The Reading Lives of Diverse Adolescents at the Public Library

The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion (IJIDI) ◽

10.33137/ijidi.v3i2.32589 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Sarah A. Evans

Keyword(s):

Adolescent Literacy ◽

Literacy Practices ◽

Comparative Method ◽

Public Library ◽

The Public ◽

Constant Comparative Method ◽

Diverse Community ◽

Adolescent Learning ◽

Project Data

This research asks the question: How does a public library contribute to the literate lives of a diverse community of adolescents? To explore this question, this article presents portraits of three young women, for whom a public library provided transformative opportunities. These portraits come from a larger ethnographic case study that examined a public library’s role in sparking and sustaining adolescent learning. Over 18 months, the author observed library activities involving youth, interviewed library staff and adolescent patrons, and led teen volunteers in a participatory research project. Data were analyzed in a constant comparative method within a sociocultural-historical framework. Through attention to the girls’ activities within the public library, two contributing elements— 1) a democratic space created by library practices, and 2), the diversity in discourse facilitated by the teen librarian—expanded the participants’ literacy practices and perspectives on reading. This article informs our understanding of diversity in adolescent literacy and highlights the practices that libraries and communities can use to foster the next generation of readers.

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James Moses. Trends in Rare Books and Documents Special Collections Management. 2013 Edition. New York: Primary Research Group, 2013. 64p. $75 (ISBN 978-1-57440-226-1).

RBM A Journal of Rare Books Manuscripts and Cultural Heritage ◽

10.5860/rbm.15.1.419 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 78-80

Author(s):

Amy Chen

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Public Library ◽

Ohio State University ◽

State University ◽

Collections Management ◽

Special Collections ◽

Rare Books ◽

The Ohio State University ◽

The University

Trends in Rare Books and Documents Special Collections Management, 2013 edition by James Moses surveys seven special collection institutions on their current efforts to expand, secure, promote, and digitize their holdings. The contents of each profile are generated by transcribed interviews, which are summarized and presented as a case study chapter. Seven special collections are discussed, including the Boston Public Library; AbeBooks; the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Washington University of St. Louis; the Archives and Rare Books Library, University of Cincinnati; the Rare Books and Manuscript Library at The Ohio State University; and the Manuscript, Archives, and Rare . . .

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