Regaining Place

Osburn, Charles B.

doi:10.1016/s0732-0671(06)24002-1

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“…Trustworthiness meant providing places that children and women could use alone safely and that provided authentic information, such as original materials. As Osburn (2007) noted, “The library remains an anchor of reliability and stability for the spirit and the intellectual experience it contains just for the taking. We know that it will help us put our thoughts and feelings into a broader context for better understanding.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Library as place: conceptual model for public libraries and their transition

Kawamoto

Koizumi

2022

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PurposeIn this information age, demonstrating the significance of physical libraries is increasingly important. The roles and functions of libraries have been discussed using the concept of the library as place in interdisciplinary perspectives. However, the overall structure of the concept is inadequate because there are multifaceted arguments; how the concept has changed is not clear either. The purpose of this study is to clarify the whole picture of the roles and functions of the library as place in public libraries and to show the transition of the roles and functions.Design/methodology/approachQualitative content analysis and time-series analysis were conducted using 175 related articles that mentioned the roles and functions of the library as a place.FindingsAn overall of 2,966 codes about library as a place was extracted and organised into a conceptual model, comprising 3 symbolic infrastructures (Wisdom, Heritage and Community), 11 categories (Intelligence, Creativity, Novelty, Culture and History, Neutrality, Equality, Empowerment, Publicness, Privacy, Sociability and Friendliness) and 30 subcategories. The study found that concepts of the library as place have developed rapidly since the 1990s, and roles have diversified from traditional ones.Originality/valueThe conceptual model of the library as place in this study, which integrates diverse perspectives such as physical spaces, activities and symbols, is the first of model's kind.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Library as place: conceptual model for public libraries and their transition

Kawamoto

Koizumi

2022

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“…This tension between the physical (Oldenburg, 2007) and the virtual has been one impetus behind a recent focus for scholarly research into library-as-place (Audunson, 2005;Buschman and Leckie, 2006;Given and Leckie, 2003;McKechnie et al, 2004;Most, 2011). "Place" takes its meaning from this humanistic definition (Osburn, 2007):…”

Section: Library-as-placementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In sum, Osburn (2007) argues that place and design are significant parts of the role of library administration:…”

Section: Lr 618/9mentioning

confidence: 99%

Baby boomers, their elders and the public library

Cavanagh

Robbins²

2012

Library Review

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Purpose -Canada's aging population is expected to have an impact on all public institutions; for public libraries, the emergence of a large, multi-generational user group of older adults challenges the current paradigm of services to seniors. The purpose of this paper is to report on the reflections of a small sample of baby boomers and how the public library-as place contributes to their caring relationships with their elders. Design/methodology/approach -This study examined a subset of baby boomer library patrons who are in caring relationships with elders. The study is theoretically framed by the ethic of care and emerging theories of library-as-place grounded in human geography and sociology. An instrumental case study of seven carers in an urban Canadian city was conducted, using long form interviews. Findings -Findings suggest that while these baby boomer respondents value their libraries deeply, there is potential to create services and practices more attuned to the needs of older adults who are in relationships with elders. Research limitations/implications -As a single case of a small sample of baby boomers, this study is limited by its size, scope and geography. The direct voices of the elders could not practically be incorporated into this study and should be considered in future research. Originality/value -This study offers an alternate framework to library-as-place studies based on a specific profile of "older adult" library users. It examines the library needs and uses of a small but rapidly growing sector of many public library communities. Older adults can be seen by libraries as two distinct demographic groups -the very old (elders) and their younger peers (baby boomers).

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“…2 This interest reflects various trends and emphases in libraries, especially the transformative social and technological changes that have demanded increasingly innovative thinking about what a library and a librarian should be. Collections, technology, and services can no longer be conceived in traditional twentieth-century terms.…”

Section: Much Has Been Written Recently About the "Library As Place"mentioning

confidence: 99%