scholarly journals Exhibition Development in Auckland Libraries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Timothy Mark Greenslade
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Exhibition Design ◽  
Design Principles ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
Physical Layout ◽  
Selection Of

<p>Throughout New Zealand’s public library sector, librarians, particularly those responsible for special collections, maintain and create exhibitions. They aim to reflect the depth and richness of our history, cultural heritage and society. Due to the immeasurable value of cultural heritage, it needs to be presented effectively, not only for aesthetic and preservation purposes, but also for the betterment of society. Therefore the objective of this study is to explore how exhibition principles are being applied to exhibition development and presentation in Auckland Libraries. This study will not only focus on the principles behind physical layout of the exhibitions, and selection of objects on display, it will also attempt to place exhibition design into a wider context. It will do this by exploring how library exhibitions reflect public policy, and how exhibition designers perceive their social and cultural responsibilities as representatives of public libraries. Herein lies the value of the proposed study; it will allow better informed practices by exploring the use of exhibition design principles, and the application of public policy in public.</p>

scholarly journals Exhibition Development in Auckland Libraries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Timothy Mark Greenslade
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Exhibition Design ◽  
Design Principles ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
Physical Layout ◽  
Selection Of

<p>Throughout New Zealand’s public library sector, librarians, particularly those responsible for special collections, maintain and create exhibitions. They aim to reflect the depth and richness of our history, cultural heritage and society. Due to the immeasurable value of cultural heritage, it needs to be presented effectively, not only for aesthetic and preservation purposes, but also for the betterment of society. Therefore the objective of this study is to explore how exhibition principles are being applied to exhibition development and presentation in Auckland Libraries. This study will not only focus on the principles behind physical layout of the exhibitions, and selection of objects on display, it will also attempt to place exhibition design into a wider context. It will do this by exploring how library exhibitions reflect public policy, and how exhibition designers perceive their social and cultural responsibilities as representatives of public libraries. Herein lies the value of the proposed study; it will allow better informed practices by exploring the use of exhibition design principles, and the application of public policy in public.</p>

The use and promotion of adapted books in Norwegian public libraries

2021 ◽  
pp. 096100062199642
Author(s):  
Gerd Berget
Keyword(s):  
Public Libraries ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Target Groups ◽  
Library Community ◽  
Library Users ◽  
User Groups ◽  
Broad Variety ◽  
Literary Experiences ◽  
Reading Impairments ◽  
Selection Of

Public libraries offer a large selection of books. For many library users, one of the highlights of the library visit is to explore this collection in search of interesting books that will provide enriching literary experiences. For some people, however, mainstream books might not be motivating to read, for instance, due to reading impairments, language challenges or inaccessible content. Consequently, most libraries also hold a collection of ‘special books’. In Norway, one example of such a collection is the books developed by the association Books for Everyone. This article explores the organization and promotion of adapted books in Norwegian libraries and is based on two datasets. The first dataset comprises the complete production by Books for Everyone, consisting of 232 titles. These books were examined to get an overview of the material commonly found in Norwegian public libraries, with a focus on the allocation of adaptation types and target groups. This dataset showed a diverse collection of books in six different categories. The majority was in the category ‘Easy to Read’, targeted at a broad variety of user groups. The second dataset consisted of survey data from 178 libraries regarding their organization and promotion of the Books for Everyone collection. The data revealed differences in how public libraries utilize these books, due to, for instance, a lack of knowledge about adapted books and potential target groups. Moreover, for many libraries, these books were regarded as ‘special books’ and were consequently not included in exhibitions or book talks. It may be necessary to pay more attention towards adapted literature in the library community and provide more knowledge about this literature among librarians. The overall purpose of this article is to provide some advice to librarians and other practitioners on how to deal with adapted books in a public library context.

The National Library of Chile

1991 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 161-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ursula Schadlich
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
National Culture ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Public Library ◽  
National Library ◽  
National Network ◽  
Technical Control ◽  
Integrated Policy ◽  
Dual Character ◽  
The Creation

In 1812 the creation of a public library was proposed for the encouragement of education and national culture. This was eventually to become the National Library of Chile. Its first Director, Manuel de Salas, was the author of the legal deposit law. For the first 100 years the library held the dual character of central collection library and public library. Gradually its public library functions were transferred to other bodies, under the administrative and technical control of the National Coordination of Public Libraries, which reports to the Director of the National Library. As it grew in importance and volume over the years, the library moved three times. The present building, begun in 1913, was completed in 1963, with some additional alterations in 1980 and 1981. The creation of the Office of Libraries, Archives and Museums in 1929 made possible an integrated policy for conserving, safeguarding and disseminating the national cultural heritage. The application of computer systems to bibliographic processes – notably the NOTIS system – has led to national network of bibliographic information (RENIB) that now includes academic and public libraries, the Library of Congress of Chile, and other documentation centres.

scholarly journals Book Review: Archives Alive: Expanding Engagement with Public Library Archives and Special Collections

2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 243
Author(s):  
Melanie Griffin
Keyword(s):  
Public Libraries ◽  
Public Library ◽  
First Century ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Rare Books

In Archives Alive, Diantha Dow Schull expertly demonstrates the strength, vitality, and importance of rare books, special collections, and archives departments located in public libraries rather than academic or research libraries. Schull’s purpose is two-fold. First, she demonstrates the breadth and depth of special collections in public libraries; second, she demonstrates how twenty-first-century special collections departments work, frequently with technology, to increase engagement with the publics they serve. The scope is limited to special collections departments in American public libraries, but within these parameters, coverage is exhaustive and strikes an appropriate balance between activities at large, well-funded institutions and smaller departments with more modest resources.

Is There Such a Creature as the Post-Fordist Public Library? The Value of French Regulation Theory for Questions in Public Policy

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siobhan Stevenson
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Customer Service ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Regulation Theory ◽  
The Public ◽  
Régulation Theory ◽  
Reference Et

“Dismantling our fortress that was the reference desk and our citadel known as the circulation desk” these are some of the steps public libraries are taking in the name of customer service. The purpose of this research is to answer the question: “if the public library blossomed in the era of Fordism, what are the identifying features of the post-Fordest library?Au nom du service à la clientèle, certaines bibliothèques publiques ont entreprise de « démanteler la forteresse que constitue le poste de référence et la citadelle que constitue le bureau de prêt ». L'objectif de cette recherche est de répondre à la question: « Si la bibliothèque publique s'est développée à l'ère du fordisme, quelle sont les caractéristiques distinctives de la bibliothèque post-fordiste? » 

Acquisition of Audiovisual Materials on the Tiv Tyumbun Magic Rite by the Public Libraries in Benue State of Nigeria

Libri ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Cuttings Agber ◽  
Nancy Ngunan Ugbagir ◽  
James Ngushin Mngutyô ◽  
Fabian G. Amaakaven
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
The Public ◽  
Library Users ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Over Time

AbstractThe Tiv Tyumbun Magic Rite over time has been found useful for the treatment or removal of tambe (bewitchment), tyumbur (foolishness), geng or genggegen (disorders) and ukoghkogh (certain ailments) from people and for instilling normalcy and stability for the wellbeing of individuals. However, because of a lack of acquisition of audiovisual materials on the Tyumbun by public libraries, coupled with Christian religious interference, this important magic rite has been threatened with extinction. Therefore, this paper looks at acquisition of audiovisual materials on the Tiv Tyumbun Magic Rite and the role that the public library plays in trying to acquire and preserve this cultural heritage for posterity. The study sampled 105 library staff, library users, traditional priests and native doctors. Mean and standard deviation statistics were used to answer research questions, while chi-square was used for testing the hypotheses formulated at the 0.05 level of significance. It was discovered that public libraries do not acquire the Tiv magic rites of Ibyamegh, Iwya, Atseve, Waio, Igbye, Tyumbun, Akombu á Gbande, Kyurche, Vegh Akombu, and Atsuku. The study recommends that public libraries in Benue State should start acquiring audiovisual materials on the Tiv Tyumbun Magic Rite.

Data transforms, patterns and profiles for 21st century Cultural Heritage

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uche Ogbuji ◽  
Mark Baker
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Linked Data ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
Dramatic Improvement ◽  
Web Resource ◽  
The Web

If you search for books and other media on the Web, you find Amazon, Wikipedia, and many other resources long before you see any libraries. This is a historical problem of librarians' having started ahead of the state of the art in database technologies, and yet unable to keep up with mainstream computing developments, including the Web. As a result, libraries are left with extraordinarily rich catalogs in formats which are unsuited to the Web, and which need a lot of work to adapt for the Web. A first step towards addressing this problem, BIBFRAME is a model developed for representing metadata from libraries and other cultural heritage institutions in linked data form. Libhub is a project building on BIBFRAME to convert traditional library formats, especially MARC/XML, to Web resource pages using BIBFRAME and other vocabulary frameworks. The technology used to implement Libhub transforms MARC/XML to a semi-structured, RDF-like metamodel called Versa, from which various outputs are possible, including data-rich Web pages. The authors developed a pipeline processing technology in Python in order to address the need for high performance and scalability as well as a prodigious degree of customization to accommodate a half century of variations and nuances in library cataloging conventions. The heart of this pipelining system is in the open-source project pybibframe, and the main way to customize the transform for non-technical librarians is a pattern microlanguage called marcpatterns.py. Using marcpatterns.py recipes specialized for the first Libhub participant, Denver Public Library, further specialized from common patterns among public libraries, (FIXME - not quite sure what is being said here) The first prerelease of linked data Web pages has already demonstrated the dramatic improvement in visibility for the library and quality, curated content for the Web, made possible through the adaptive, semistructured transform from notoriously abstruse library catalog formats. This paper discusses an unorthodox approach to structured and heuristics-based transformation from a large corpus of XML in a difficult format which doesn't well serve the richness of its content. It covers some of the pragmatic choices made by developers of the system who happen to be pioneering advocates of The Web, markup, and standards around these, but who had to subordinate purity to the urgent need to effect large-scale exposure of dark cultural heritage data in difficult circumstances for a small development and maintenance team. This is a case study of where proper knowledge of XML and its related standards must combine with agile techniques and "worse-is-better" concessions to solve a stubborn problem in extracting value from cultural heritage markup.

The Public Library In "Connecting Canadians"

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi Julien ◽  
Sandra Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Public Library ◽  
The Public

This study aimed to assess the outcomes of public libraries' attempts to fulfill public policy roles imposed on this sector by Industry Canada, via its "Connecting Canadians" initiative. The "Connecting Canadians" federal government policy identified public libraries as agents to facilitate access by Canadians to information technology (IT), to resources that support economic and community. . .

scholarly journals Book Review: Creating a Local History Archive at Your Public Library

2018 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 297
Author(s):  
Noah Lenstra
Keyword(s):  
Public Libraries ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Local History ◽  
The Public ◽  
Special Collections

Faye Phillips, a well-known consultant and author of the 1995 manual Local History Collections in Libraries (Libraries Unlimited), coalesces her expertise into this readable primer on starting an archive in a public library. This text represents a welcome addition to the growing number of books and articles focused on archives in public libraries published since 2010, when the Public Library Archives/Special Collections Section of the Society of American Archivists was formed.

Artotheque activities in Swedish public libraries

1986 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 22-26
Author(s):  
Sven-Olof Svensson
Keyword(s):  
Future Development ◽  
Visual Literacy ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Art Appreciation ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
Selection Of

In Sweden picture lending is not new but has been most successful in hospitals. Developments in the 1950s and 1960s involving some 70 municipal libraries were followed by withdrawal into the traditional book-centred role of libraries. Future development of artotheques must be based on the principles of quantity and renewal (ensuring ample choice), and of quality (achieved by professional selection of original prints). A campaign to foster art appreciation and visual literacy, paralleling efforts in the field of literacy, would nourish the role of artotheques. (Originally published in the Scandinavian Public Library Quarterly v.18 n.4 1985).

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