Public Libraries in the Eyes of the LGBTIQ Community: The Case of Croatia

ABSTRACT

The achievement of social justice, which implies the development of collections and the design of services for different user groups, is an objective present in the mission of public libraries. Since the 1950s, Croatian public libraries have been continuously developing collections and services for different user communities. However, one user community has remained largely unrecognized – LGBTIQ people. Therefore, the aim of the research presented in this paper is to examine the importance of the role of public libraries in the life of the LGBTIQ community in the Republic of Croatia. With a sample of 259 respondents, information behaviors, attitudes and experiences of LGBTIQ people in relation to public libraries have been examined via an online survey. In particular, this study explored the extent to which members of public libraries differ from non-members. The obtained results should contribute to a better understanding of the information needs and behavior of members of sexual minorities and help bring this group of users closer to (Croatian) public libraries by ensuring that libraries more adequately respond to their needs.     

Historypin and Pinterest for Digital Collections: Measuring the Impact of Image-Based Social Tools on Discovery and Access

ABSTRACT

For the past several years, the adoption of social media platforms has increased significantly as academic libraries have emphasized the importance of finding new ways to promote collections and services. Recently, many libraries have embraced Historypin and Pinterest because of their specific focus on images. This article examines the impact of these platforms on digital libraries and explains how each affects the discovery and access of digital collections.     

传统图书馆与图书馆传统

指出所谓“传统图书馆”这个提法本身并不科学,但图书馆传统则是客观存在的。图书 馆传统包括古代图书馆的传统、近代图书馆的传统和现代图书馆的传统。     

Special Academic Libraries and the Millennial Patron

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Special academic libraries are in the unique position to blend the innovative and user focused services of academic libraries with the niche collections of special libraries when serving their Millennial student population. Millennials are a highly researched generation, but special libraries may have not updated their services to reflect the needs and expectations of this rising generation. Maine Maritime Academy's Nutting Memorial Library serves as a case study of methods in which special academic libraries can incorporate Millennials' expectations of library spaces, services, and collections in sustainable ways.     

英国电子图书馆及大学图书馆发展概况与特点

介绍英国电子图书馆项目(eLib)的发展阶段、特点，以及作为eLib后续的分布式国家电子资源计划(DNER)和信息环境计划(IE)的内容。     

Converting the Future of Public Academic Law Libraries

This article focuses on the current predicament in which American public academic law libraries find themselves given the budgetary and space constraints that have been passed down to them over time. By examining the current standards and future possibilities that govern these particular libraries, this article seeks to assist acquisitions librarians within these libraries with a way to examine, maintain, and purchase a collection that will take their library forward, prove their value and worth, and stay within their constantly dwindling budgets while remaining true to the library's core mission and obligation of providing services and support to the law school's faculty and student body.     

面向21世纪的专门图书馆事业发展战略构想

ＣＬＡＳＳＮＵＭＢＥＲＧ２５９．２美国未来学家奈比斯特说：人类社会发展中,农业社会总是重视过去,工业社会总是重视现在,未来的信息社会总是重视未来。当今世界已经进入信息社会,其主旋律就是要把握未来的发展。作为图书馆事业三大系统之一的专门图书馆事业,在当...     

Experience from the field: Programming in a joint-use partnership library

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Librarians of the joint-use North Regional/Broward College (NR/BC) Library had sought opportunities to collaborate. Historically, challenges have arisen in programming for two distinct populations: seniors for the public library and the college library’s students. In recent years, the library successfully capitalized on organizational changes and nationwide attention to media literacy and social justice to create and deliver several well-received collaborations. This article describes the environment in which these initiatives developed and provides tips on collaborations in- and out-side joint-use libraries. This article also addresses the dearth of professional literature on programming advantages in joint-use libraries.     

论传统图书馆向数字图书馆转化的机理及策略

从社会环境变迁的视角分析传统图书馆向数字图书馆转化的原动力及产生转化的机理,提出促进传统图书馆向数字图书馆转化的策略。     

国内高校分馆服务比较与创新策略研究

内地规模较大的高校图书馆大多实行了总/分馆制,如何推动分馆服务创新,开创分馆服务的新局面成为当前高校分馆工作的重点。本文通过比较在分馆建设与服务方面具有代表性的四所高校在服务创新方面的经验,找出差距与问题,探索分馆服务创新机制,与业内同行进行探讨。     

Retention Matters: Academic Libraries Leading the Way

Academic libraries have always strived to be purposively involved in the university's mission attainment efforts. Today, the increase of retention levels is paramount, and, in many cases, it is at the center of higher education institution's strategic plans. For Andrews University, for example, the goal is to reach 80% in the next five years. In the United States, student retention efforts become even more critical due, in part, to declining enrollment numbers set off by soaring higher education costs. Academic librarians are aware of the library's role in the university's overall efforts to increase persistence rates and curtail attrition. Through a literature review, this article highlights how academic libraries are participating in this process. This study focuses on how academic libraries can be leaders in their Institutions by adopting a user-centered philosophy and services that will promote life-long learning, enhance students’ academic experience, and promote engagement, leading to retention.     

Breaking New Ground: The Case for Seed Libraries in the Academic Library

Seed libraries are a relatively new innovation in the library field, offering seeds, gardening information, and the opportunity for community and ecological engagement to members. While they are increasingly popular in public libraries, they have not yet established a foothold in academic libraries. This paper defines the nature and role of seed libraries, the current state of seed libraries in North American universities, and offers recommendations for the establishment of seed libraries in academic libraries.     

网络时代高校图书馆面临的危机研究

本世纪以来,我国高校图书馆在信息化、数字化、现代化的建设过程中取得了极为显著的成效,同时,也面临着一系列的危机。网络时代高校网书馆潜在的危机究竟是什么？如何处置危机,迎接挑战？     

Wild West Libraries: A Study of Southwest Kansas Public Libraries

Public Libraries developed and grew along with the United States. In southwest Kansas, money, materials, staffing, and distance have been factors in the growth of the public libraries, and they remain current factors as well. Library consortia have aided in this development and have helped solve small library problems. This article reports a 2008 survey of public libraries that are served by the Southwest Kansas Library System (SWKLS). The survey lays out the operating conditions of some of America's small libraries and shows the extent of their interrelationship with their consortium.     

An Unlikely Collaboration: How Academic and Special Libraries Can Help Each Other Survive

This column uses the occasion of James Matarazzo and Toby Pearlstein receiving the 2016 John Cotton Dana Award from the Special Libraries Association to reflect on their unique partnership, which has lasted decades and resulted in a wealth of research results and tools for corporate librarians. Despite the tools available to them to measure and demonstrate their value, however, special libraries continue to face closures, downsizing, and increasing pressure to do more with less. Today, special libraries are not alone in feeling this pressure, as even the academic libraries that have been so central to campus life find their place questioned. As Matarazzo and Pearlstein formed the unlikely yet lasting partnership of scholar and practitioner, perhaps academic libraries and non-academic special libraries can join forces to effectively leverage their collective experience and knowledge in demonstrating their worth to stakeholders.     

Usability Studies and User-Centered Design in Digital Libraries

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Digital libraries continue to flourish. At the same time, the principles of user-centered design and the practice of usability testing have been growing in popularity, spreading their influence into the library sphere. This article explores the confluence of these two trends by surveying the current literature on usability studies of digital libraries. This article focuses on the methodology of studies of multimedia digital libraries.     

Space and the Social Worth of Public Libraries

In spite of the growth of digital information and the resultant questioning by some of the value of public libraries, library usage data indicate there were 497,600,000 more visits to public libraries in 2013 than in 1993. Why do people still visit public libraries in the digital age? While many factors drive people to visit public libraries, one thing that public libraries offer that cannot be duplicated online is physical space. Over the decades, library space has been the glue holding the library universe together even as the specific activities that take inside libraries have evolved. While public libraries do an excellent job of promoting their important role in providing access to information, educational resources, technology, and a host of valuable services, they must also promote the value of public library space itself. This requires more than trotting out numbers; it requires telling compelling stories of how public library space is used and reminding the public that the kind of spaces public libraries provide are, in fact, a vanishing resource. The post-911 tightening of security in public buildings of all sorts—coupled with the increasing privatization of what were once public spaces—has left public libraries as perhaps the last remaining indoor public spaces where an individual can remain from opening until closing without needing any reason to be there and without having to spend any money. Public libraries should promote the uniqueness of their spaces in much the same way that National Parks promote the unique spaces they preserve and make available to the public.     

新形势下高校图书馆院系分馆管理探索与思考

[目的/意义]探讨新形势下有效协调和统筹院系分馆建设的管理策略,以期为其他高校图书馆院系分馆管理提供参考与借鉴.[方法/过程]从国内高校图书馆院系分馆管理现状分析入手,梳理上海交通大学近十年来院系分馆发展中遇到的困难、挑战,以及管理模式的发展和完善过程,并总结其管理成效.[结果/结论]提出应以内控规范为基本准则,精细治...     

农家书屋建设现状及其发展对策研究

农家书屋建设是建设新型社会公共文化服务体系的重要组成部分,实施至今,陆续出现一些问题。文章以安徽省合肥市长丰县农家书屋建设为研究个案,剖析了限制农家书屋建设获取长足发展的不良因素,对农家书屋建设的良性发展提供了若干对策。     

图书馆转型的话语构建

图书馆转型是一个内容丰富的研究课题,转型话语是图书馆转型的重要内容。图书馆转型话语构建可以分为学者研究、组织倡导、业界实践3个维度。在学者研究维度,对图书馆转型相关文献进行综述,了解现有研究基础和不足,明确图书馆转型话语构建的研究意义;在组织倡导维度,收集图书馆及相关组织的战略规划、发展报告等文本材料,解析图书馆转型话语的构建过程以及其中的关键角色和内容,在此基础上构建图书馆转型的话语体系,包括话语主体、话语内容、话语形式、话语对象、话语成效等关键要素;在业界实践维度,对图书馆界较为广泛参与的图书馆转型运动的背景、原因、宗旨、成效等进行梳理,分析其向公众传递的图书馆转型动因,以及运动取得的社会参与成效。最终总结图书馆转型的话语构建,以期为图书馆更深入的转型发展提供参考。