图书馆的社会包容与社会责任——内涵与冲突

图书馆是体现社会包容的重要载体。社会包容的核心旨趣是宽容与公正。社会包容与社会排斥相对立。在图书馆管理和服务中,避免政治排斥、人格排斥、设施排斥和制度排斥,才能体现社会包容理念。图书馆社会责任具有两方面的内涵：一是消极意义上的图书馆社会责任;二是积极意义上的图书馆社会责任。图书馆社会责任的内容包括法律责任、伦理责任和纯义务性责任。体现社会包容,承担社会责任,都是图书馆社会价值的基本表现,但两者之间却存在冲突现象。如何解决这种冲突,是摆在人们面前的重要问题。     

Addressing the Needs of the Homeless: A San José Library Partnership Approach

Describes an urban joint-use library's approaches to library programs for homeless children, teens, and adults as well as agencies the library could partner with. Proposes that libraries put more effort into reaching out to the homeless community instead of assuming the normal expectation that people will come to the library.     

高校图书馆面向社会服务的研究

作者调查辽宁省36所高校图书馆面向社会服务的基本情况,指出高校图书馆面向社会服务存在的问题和困难,分析产生问题的原因;根据国内外大学图书馆面向社会服务的经验,提出开展社会服务的建议.     

图书馆拓展服务探析与案例研究

以康奈尔大学图书馆、清华大学图书馆为例,介绍图书馆拓展服务方面的探索与实践,涉及所采用的方法、合作对象、取得的成果等,并对两馆拓展服务之间的异同进行比较。拓展服务形式多样,一些形式与图书馆传统角色相匹配,而另一些则需要图书馆走出去,积极主动展示自己。拓展服务的成功关键在于要与学校的总体目标和发展方向保持一致,以使拓展服务保持新鲜与活力,最终达到真正改进图书馆读者服务的目的,甚至对读者的技能产生长期影响。     

公共图书馆的社会包容理念：内涵、存在的问题及对策

公共图书馆是体现社会包容的＂场所＂,是国家为保障公民获取知识自由而设置的专业信息机构。我国公共图书馆管理与服务过程中存在的若干社会排斥现象违背了图书馆社会包容理念,限制了公众对知识的自由、平等获取。因此,公共图书馆应制订相关的职业规范和服务准则,确立其负有社会包容的责任和使命,培育公共图书馆社区服务意识,在资源与服务配置上向被社会排斥人群倾斜,倡导并重新评估＂机会平等＂,以此促进图书馆社会包容理念的推广与实践。     

Providing Library Outreach to Student Athletes

Summary

Student athletes' schedules can be very tightly structured around classes, homework, study, practice, and athletic events. As a result, they do not have the same freedom with their schedules as the average student. A library outreach program was developed at Valdosta State University to target the Department of Health, Physical Education and Athletics, and specifically the student athletes. The goals of this program are: (1) to provide the Department faculty and staff with a library contact or liaison, (2) to help student athletes learn to use the Library more effectively under pressure, thus relieving some of the stress they face with their demanding schedules, and (3) to make the library a less intimidating, more welcoming environment. The Library's outreach program is incorporated into the Department's NCAA CHAMPS (Challenging Athletes' Minds for Personal Success) program and includes tailored library instruction sessions. CHAMPS, as designed by the NCAA, does not currently include a library skills component.¹ Library outreach may be defined as any activity or program such as tailored library instruction that is created “to meet the information needs of an unserved or inadequately served target group.”² Outreach activities often focus on a specific user population such as high school students, off-campus students, international students, non-traditional students, and even faculty, and are often a method of promoting the use of the library.³ Providing outreach to student athletes is not well documented, however, there are a handful of universities with some type of outreach program to student athletes in place.⁴     

国外公共图书馆弱势群体服务研究述评

与社会、经济和政治环境变化相适应,图书馆弱势群体服务的研究经历了数次话语体系更迭:19 世纪末20世纪前期公共图书馆为劳工阶级服务阶段,20世纪60至80年代以弱势群体服务为核心的社区图书馆运动和图书馆社会责任大讨论阶段,20世纪90年代信息贫穷或数字鸿沟与管理主义话语体系下的图书馆服务阶段,20世纪90年代末至今反社会排斥和社会包容话语体系下图书馆弱势群体服务阶段.研究话语体系的变化反映了图书馆实践领域关注焦点的变更,但话语体系的更迭并没有改变其反映问题的本质.倡导和实践图书馆服务的平等获取和包容性,争取为社会底层人群或弱势群体提供服务,在欧美公共图书馆发展的各个时期是一以贯之的.     

Cover Me,I’m going in: Exploring the needs of student veterans

Abstract

The number of military veterans taking advantage of post-911 educational benefits has increased significantly, and institutions of higher education have responded by creating veteran-friendly campuses. Accordingly, academic librarians have engaged in proactive, ongoing conversations about providing services to this unique student population. The authors went on reconnaissance to assess the needs of student veterans and their response to a recently created veterans lounge space in the library. The information gathered from this survey can help provide insight and possible strategies to improve library outreach and services.     

图书馆协会管理什么——解读美国图书馆协会工作手册

对《美国图书馆协会工作手册》进行了解读,介绍了该《手册》的要点,以及美国图书馆协会管理的策略与措施,论述在行业管理方面该手册可借鉴之处。     

近30年我国高校图书馆社会化服务综述

近30年有关"高校图书馆社会化服务"的研究呈现三个波峰:1994～1996年、2002～2004年、2008～2010年,研究内容包括高校图书馆向社会开放的必要性、优劣势、服务内容、服务模式、服务原则及评价。高校图书馆社会化服务的理论与实践也呈现出阶段性特点,这是由思想观念、经济发展状况等多种因素决定的。我国高校图书馆社会化服务内容、层次、门槛及开放规模与国外相比仍有差距,应借鉴国外经验,让更多的人享受开放的益处。     

图书馆如何对基层农民实施知识援助

处于生活贫困状态下的农民,往往也是知识贫困者。农民的知识贫困主要是基础教育、公共文化服务的供给不足与分配不公造成的。在文化上加大财政投入、推进制度创新、吸纳社会力量参助,这是改变农民知识贫困的基本途径之一。图书馆应该坚持“普遍均等、实效持续”的原则,采用各种切实有效的手段为广大农民提供知识援助。