Cultural sustainability: A perspective from independent libraries in the United Kingdom and the United States

Loach, Kirsten; Rowley, Jennifer

doi:10.1177/0961000621992824

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“…This is the fifth group of the most important themes that belong to the contemporary sustainable LIS area of research. In 2001, Jon Hawkes explicitly introduced cultural sustainability as the fourth pillar of sustainability concept, and paid special attention to the role that culture plays in local planning [58] (see also: [6,59]).…”

Section: Culturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…It has been acknowledged that culture constitutes a part of social sustainability, and covers such aspects as social justice and equity, social participation, economic needs and work, and, above all, awareness of the range of sustainability ideas. Nevertheless, at present, it is widely agreed that culture is of equal significance to social, as well as economic and environmental sustainability [59]. Cultural heritage is understood as a source of identity, a local sense of place, and as a certain amount of cultural capital, which has been inherited from previous generations, and can be passed to the generations which are about to come after us.…”

Section: Culturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…One more occurrence of a cultural point of view in the sustainable LIS domain is the role independent libraries play in sustaining human culture in the whole range of its manifestations. Independent libraries, with their origins dating back to the 18th century, were founded as private, or were based on a model that relied on members' fees or financial support from wealthy benefactors [59]. Loach and Rowley [59] ask about an understanding of the contribution that independent libraries make in favor of external cultural sustainability agendas, as well as about the role that an organizational culture plays in achieving sustainability in independent libraries.…”

Section: Culturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Independent libraries, with their origins dating back to the 18th century, were founded as private, or were based on a model that relied on members' fees or financial support from wealthy benefactors [59]. Loach and Rowley [59] ask about an understanding of the contribution that independent libraries make in favor of external cultural sustainability agendas, as well as about the role that an organizational culture plays in achieving sustainability in independent libraries. The authors also aim at contextualizing the notion of cultural sustainability with respect to the wider GLAM (i.e., galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) sector.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The Landscapes of Sustainability in the Library and Information Science: Systematic Literature Review

2021

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In times of real threats to the continuity of the human civilization resulting from environmental degradation, depletion of natural resources, overpopulation, and other adverse factors, the issue of sustainable development is the subject of interest of many scientific disciplines. As a leading objective of this paper, the authors take up the topic of sustainable development seen through the lenses of the library and information science, which is considered with special attention paid to its economic, social, environmental, and cultural dimensions. In addition to reviewing the most important literature, the authors also explore the subject matter from a quantitative perspective. As a result of the research, the authors identify the key areas that affect libraries as cultural and scientific institutions, in which work related to the sustainability concept is actively carried out. Quantitative research allowed to determine the proportions of efforts made by scientists within the previously selected areas, and to outline trends observed within those areas—that is, to identify which areas have recently been gaining importance, and which may have ceased to be exploited. The authors hope that the research results not only shed light on the landscape of world science in the subject matter, but above all, that they support contemporary researches of these fields by identifying potentially the most important works influencing the shape of particular research areas, and the identification of current trends, which are present within the mentioned areas as well. Further research directions, which are potentially worth undertaking, are also emphasized.

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Section: Culturementioning

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Section: Culturementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Culturementioning

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“…Some scholars claim that cultural sustainability should not only focus on the instrumentalized value of the cultural sector in socio-economic and environmental sustainability [1,16], but also pay more attention to the organizational and sectoral survival of itself [17,18]. Loach and Rowley (2021) analyze sustainability issues in cultural organizations and how libraries could enrich cultural heritage, cultural identity, cultural diversity, and cultural vitality [19]. Kong (2012) finds that social relationships, geographic location, and governance structure are three important elements determining the sustainability of cultural creative clusters [20].…”

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Definitions Matter: Dynamic Policy Framing of the Arts in Boston’s Sustainable Cultural Development

Wyszomirski

Zhu

2021

Sustainability

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Cultural sustainability has become a fourth pillar in sustainable development studies. Different from the research approach to embedding culture into conventional sustainable discourse, this article argues that the sustainability and resilience issues within the arts and cultural sector should be paid more attention to. Putting the arts and cultural sector in urban settings, sustainable cultural development entails dynamic policy framing and changing policy justifications in response to an evolving socioeconomic and political environment. Taking the policy framing of the arts as an analytical lens, this paper aims to investigate this dynamic change and key driving factors through an in-depth case study of Boston’s urban cultural development. This article finds that different definitions of the arts are associated with different arts-based urban development strategies across four stages of cultural development in Boston spanning a period of over 75 years. The working definition moved from art to the arts, then to the creative arts industry, and eventually to cultural assets and creative capital. The policy framing of the arts keeps evolving and layering in pursuit of more legitimacy and resources regarding groups of stakeholders, field industry components, types of industrial structure, and multiple policy goals. This dynamic policy framing has been driven by arts advocacy groups, policy learning process, urban leadership change, and cultural institutional change, allowing Boston to draw on a growing and diversifying set of cultural resources in pursuit of sustainable cultural development.

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Value co‐creation in cultural heritage information practices: Literature review and future agenda: An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

Zhao,

Lian,

Zhang

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Asso for Info Science & Tech

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Value co‐creation as a research topic has been a critical proposition of interest to a wide range of disciplines. In recent years, the field of cultural heritage has also developed a range of information practices to promote different forms of value co‐creation. While the body of literature has begun to accumulate, we still lack a comprehensive understanding of conceptual foundations and how value co‐creation is implemented in cultural heritage information practices. This paper conducted a hermeneutic literature review to understand and conceptualize the core aspects of value co‐creation in various cultural heritage information works. In particular, this paper provides a research mapping of the genres of co‐creation in cultural heritage information practices, the actors, and the roles played by the stakeholders. Further, this review provides an overview of the dominant value co‐creation models in the cultural heritage field. It distills the drivers of value co‐creation and the core value consequences that arise from a process perspective. Finally, this paper puts forward a thematic, theoretical, and methodological agenda for future work based on these findings. The review contributes to the literature by proposing an integrated conceptual framework that summarizes the core elements of value co‐creation in cultural heritage information practices. The framework also serves as a call for action, providing a general understanding of the conceptual foundation for future research.

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Cultural sustainability: A perspective from independent libraries in the United Kingdom and the United States

Cited by 19 publications

References 19 publications

The Landscapes of Sustainability in the Library and Information Science: Systematic Literature Review

The Landscapes of Sustainability in the Library and Information Science: Systematic Literature Review

Definitions Matter: Dynamic Policy Framing of the Arts in Boston’s Sustainable Cultural Development

Value co‐creation in cultural heritage information practices: Literature review and future agenda: An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

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