scholarly journals What do people do when their library closes down?

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (66) ◽  
pp. 33-38
Author(s):  
R V Proctor ◽  
Bob Usherwood ◽  
Gill Sobczyk
Keyword(s):  
Public Library ◽  
British Library ◽  
Library Services ◽  
The Public ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Patterns Of Use ◽  
Library Use ◽  
Temporary Closure ◽  
The Impact

This article describes British Library funded research into the Sheffield libraries strike last year. The aim of the research was to investigate the impact of the temporary closure of public library services on user behaviour and attitudes. It examines the robustness of public library use and how easily previous patterns of use were resumed after the strike. Assertions in previous research about the effect of the public library on the local infrastructure are also tested. The full Report is available from the British Library, (Research and Innovation Report 6224).

The Impact of the Internet on the Public Library: Current Status and Signs for the Future

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corinne Jörgensen ◽  
Geogre D'Elia ◽  
Joseph Woelfel ◽  
Eleanor Jo Rodger
Keyword(s):  
Market Segmentation ◽  
Time Use ◽  
Telephone Survey ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Current Status ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Consumer Market ◽  
The Public ◽  
Library Use ◽  
The Impact

This paper presents the results of a research project to evaluate the impacts of the Internet on public library use. A national telephone survey was conducted using a market segmentation model for use of information services and resources at the public library and on the Internet. This research provides baseline data describing the current consumer market for library and Internet services. The data suggest that at this time use of the...

Public Libraries

2018 ◽  
pp. 1040-1070
Author(s):  
Laura Karbach
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Public Library ◽  
The United States ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Spanish Speaking ◽  
Library Use ◽  
Master Thesis ◽  
The Impact

The author, as part of a Master Thesis study, analyzes the impact public library services and programs have in the lives of local Mexican mothers with children attending school in the United States and provides suggestions on ways to improve outreach of services and support. Results related to library use, parental involvement, service and programs, challenges including funding, Spanish-speaking staff, pre-conceived ideas, and awareness issues, as well as the largest issue of outreach are all discussed. In addition, outreach solutions are offered and the overall benefits of the study are assessed.

Public Libraries

2016 ◽  
pp. 153-182
Author(s):  
Laura Karbach
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Public Library ◽  
The United States ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Spanish Speaking ◽  
Library Use ◽  
Master Thesis ◽  
The Impact

The author, as part of a Master Thesis study, analyzes the impact public library services and programs have in the lives of local Mexican mothers with children attending school in the United States and provides suggestions on ways to improve outreach of services and support. Results related to library use, parental involvement, service and programs, challenges including funding, Spanish-speaking staff, pre-conceived ideas, and awareness issues, as well as the largest issue of outreach are all discussed. In addition, outreach solutions are offered and the overall benefits of the study are assessed.

scholarly journals IT POINT: A public library IT demonstrator project

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (67) ◽  
pp. 12-18
Author(s):  
Niall Mackenzie
Keyword(s):  
Public Library ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Evaluation Methodology ◽  
British Library ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Evaluation Team ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Library Research ◽  
West Midlands ◽  
Borough Council

IT POINT was a 21-month project that brought public access to information technology and networks within a public library. Chelmsley Wood Library, Solihull, West Midlands, hosted the project under the guidance of the Libraries and Arts Department of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. The British Library Research and Innovation Centre (formerly BLRDD) funded the project. This article presents the research methodology employed for the evaluation of the project both internally and externally. It will examine the preparatory research, the initial evaluation methodology, the work of the external Evaluation Team and their difficulties and successes and how the evaluation techniques might have been refined.

scholarly journals Change in store? An investigation into the impact of the book superstore environment on use, perceptions and expectations of the public library as a space, place and experience

2009 ◽  
Vol 28 (88) ◽  
pp. 13-26
Author(s):  
Helen Cartwright
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Community Resource ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
The Public ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Perceptions And Expectations ◽  
The Impact

The book superstore is promoted not just as a place to buy books but also as a community resource in which to read, learn and socialise: traits that have in combination traditionally been the preserve of the public library. This study investigates the impact of the bookstore environment on public library space. The attitudes and behaviours of library and bookstore users were examined through focus group interviews and a self-completed questionnaire. Clear areas of overlap in the functions of the two sites were found, as was evidence of age and income-related splits in use and perception of bookstores and libraries. Results suggest attention should be paid to the beliefs and behaviours of young people and middle-income earners (the groups most noticeably increasing their use of the bookstore) and to the desired balance of education and recreation in the image and nature of the public library.

scholarly journals Designing Public Library of Binjai City by Metaphorical Architecture

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 232-240
Author(s):  
Imam Faisal Pane ◽  
Febrina
Keyword(s):  
Public Library ◽  
Building Construction ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Concept Design ◽  
Visual Form ◽  
The Public ◽  
Physical Form ◽  
Alternative Approaches ◽  
Reading Interest

The lack of public reading interest makes people rarely come to visit the public library. The public library of The Binjai city as a media to increase people's knowledge, in fact, that still using traditional planning and structuring and has a less comfortable atmosphere. The Binjai city public library requires to improve its facilities and infrastructures related to the standards of a public library, so that possible to increase people's interest in visiting the library. The designer can make several alternative approaches to design an object, one of that is a metaphorical approach. Choosing of metaphor theme is a theme approachment by taking the book as a visual form that applicated to an element of the building. The strong Malay culture of Binjai city as a local heritage can be applicated in designing the public library of Binjai City. The concept design of the Binjai City Public Library is applied to accommodate library services and activities. By taking a representation physical form of the book as part of the building construction, giving all facilities and services can be functioned to attract more people's attention to visit the library.

scholarly journals Perlindungan Hukum terhadap Hak Pekerja Perempuan Di Masa Pandemi Covid-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 226
Author(s):  
Conie Pania Putri
Keyword(s):  
Women Workers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Female Workers ◽  
Library Research ◽  
The World ◽  
Work Relationship ◽  
The Government ◽  
Employment Of Women ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Collection Methods

The world is currently being faced by a global covid-19 pandemic, including in Indonesia this pandemic is very disturbing to the public. Manpower development must be regulated in such a way that basic rights and protections for workers are fulfilled, especially for women workers so as to create conducive conditions. The purpose of this paper is to find out the policies issued by companies for workers, especially women workers during the Covid-19 pandemic. This writing method is library research, which is a series of research related to library data collection methods, or research where the object of research is excavated through a variety of library information. The results obtained in this paper are that the company policies that terminate employment of women during the Covid-19 pandemic are protected by Law Number 13 of 2003 concerning Manpower, the losses caused by the company have not reached 2 years, the company cannot simply terminate the work relationship, Then there needs to be other efforts provided by companies or the government in overcoming the impact of Covid-19 on laid-off workers so that they can limit working time / overtime and workers can be sent home without breaking the work relationship The suggestion is expected that the government should supervise and act decisively against companies that employ female workers.

Developing self-help books on prescription schemes

2010 ◽  
pp. 209-216
Author(s):  
Paul Farrand ◽  
Joanne Woodford
Keyword(s):  
Public Library ◽  
The Self ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
The Public ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Written Materials

Chapter 19 describes a practical way for CBT self-help resources to be made more widely available. Book prescription schemes offer an attractive solution to funders. Potentially access to CBT self-help can be rolled out widely through the public library services. The chapter presents an overview of the development of this approach, highlighting some novel aspects of the scheme, such as the prescription element in which, as is the case with medication, self-help books are ‘prescribed’ by the LI practitioner. Anecdotally, this element of the scheme seems to help legitimize the use of the written materials and increases patient expectancies around the self-help approach. However, there are also distinct challenges associated with such schemes, not least the difficulties in ensuring that the self-help books recommended and ‘prescribed’ on the scheme are evidence-based and are not likely to do harm.

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