Engaging Families in Public Libraries

Public libraries today are undergoing significant transformations as well as interacting with patrons in new and different ways (Knight Foundation 2017). Part of this transformation is the way libraries are engaging entire families. Libraries are playing a stronger role than ever before in supporting families to promote children’s early literacy and reading skills (Celano and Neuman 2015; Nagle et al. 2016; Neuman and Celano 2010), stimulating adult learning (Boden and Tashijan 2015), creating initiatives to improve family health (Morgan et al. 2016), providing services to families with extreme challenges such as those experiencing poverty, homelessness, food insecurity, and incarceration (Holt and Holt 2010; Terille 2016), as well as becoming spaces for families, especially those who are recent immigrants, to build new relationships and social networks (Khoir et al. 2017; Vårheim 2014). Despite these efforts, few studies have specifically sought to understand the organizational dimensions that support family engagement within a library system and the potential that these efforts have in promoting children’s learning not only in the early years, but also into and throughout middle childhood and adolescence. Based on a yearlong study investigating the power of family engagement in public libraries, this article considers how libraries can begin to adopt a systemic approach to family engagement to further innovate the library space.     

图书馆学研究原创机制探析

我国图书馆学研究成果原创性缺失的主要原因有:学术研究的功利性、图书馆学研究大众化、研究的原创机制薄弱、出版环节失控、学科积累不足。呼吁构建图书馆学原创机制和构筑图书馆学原创管理体系,建立图书馆学原创联盟,参与国际交流与合作,建立专职的图书馆学原创队伍,建立原创研究基金和学术成果原创性评价机制。参考文献5。     

Across the Table: Competing Perspectives for Managing Technology in a Library Setting

ABSTRACT

In a lively point/counterpoint format, the authors discuss issues of library technology from two perspectives: that of a library administrator and that of an Emerging Technologies Librarian. Rather than providing an artificial sense of closure, this article is designed to highlight differing positions on these issues, inviting libraries to use these conflicting viewpoints as tools to aid them in finding the solutions that best fit their unique situation.     

图书馆服务创新能力现状分析与提升途径

服务创新能力是图书馆开展服务创新活动的基础,提升服务创新能力是图书馆实现持续创新的关键。文章在阐述图书馆服务创新能力内涵的基础上,分析当前我国图书馆服务创新能力的整体现状,提出提升图书馆服务创新能力的基本途径。     

浅论编辑创造力开发

在我国改革开放,建设四化的宏图大业中,各行各业都需要大批具有创造性才能的人才,期刊出版事业也不例外。编辑所从事的是一种艰苦细致的脑力劳动,又是一种创造性活动,本文试图通过创造学,心理学等有关理论,探讨编辑的创新意识,创造力因素构成,并着重讨论编辑创造力的培养、训练和开发的途径,以利期刊编辑部创造一切条件,以最大努力去开发自身的创造力,充分调动全员积极性,为我国期刊繁荣,经济腾飞作出贡献。     

中国图书馆学应加强理论原创性

本文反思了中国图书馆学理论建设和发展的深层次历史和现实问题，提出应加强中国图书馆学理论原创性的研究。     

论大众传播过程中编辑的主体性与创造性

编辑学与大众传播学之间存在着显著的相关性,编辑活动是大众传播过程中不可缺少的组成部分。本文试图从理论和实践的角度,探讨编辑在大众传播过程中的主体性与创造性,以确立编辑在大众传播过程中的重要地位和价值。     

Broadening Impact for Library Exhibitions and Speakers

Libraries curate exhibitions and host speakers to promote collections and engage communities. Traditional library exhibit spaces present information gaps for visitors. To bridge these gaps, the University of Florida (UF) created and deployed innovative technologies, the Community Engagement Engine (CEE) for iPads (handheld and kiosks). The CEE facilitates visitor's registration as well as questions and comments sent directly to curators with automated email responses with relevant materials. The CEE allows libraries to aggregate visitor information for targeted outreach and assessment. This article discusses the CEE for innovative community engagement, including considerations for other institutions interested in engaged exhibitions programs.     

出版社年轻编辑创新能力培养模式探索

论述出版社年轻编辑创新能力培养的重要意义,分析总结创新型编辑人才应当具备的综合素质,提出通过制订培养目标、设计培养规划、建立激励机制,全面培养年轻编辑创新能力的培养模式.     

职能混合型图书馆的服务创新——以深圳大学城图书馆为例

介绍国内第一家兼具高校图书馆和公共图书馆双重功能的职能混合型图书馆——深圳大学城图书馆,面向科研人员、高新技术企业、社会大众、政府机关等不同对象开展的一系列创新服务,为高校图书馆服务社会提供借鉴。     

编辑即创造

从创造心理学角度出发,论证了编辑就是创造,是艺术再创造。要搞好编辑工作,运用创造性十分重要。同时,对如何培养编辑的创造才能进行了探讨。     

Participatory democracy and the value of online community networks: An exploration of online and offline communities engaged in civil society and political activity

This article addresses the widely debated question of whether online communication through the Internet will fulfill its potential to enhance democratic processes in society. The paper reports the findings of a survey of groups engaged in some form of civic activity, in both online and offline groups. Comparisons are drawn between the responses of those engaged in both types of group to determine whether the motivations, behavior, and satisfaction of participants differ because of the medium of communication. Contrary to some expectations in the literature, the findings suggest that participants in online groups are marginally less satisfied with their participation in their group. The findings have implications for politicians, policy makers, and groups engaged in civil society when using online channels of communication for democratic discourse.