Libraries archives and museums as democratic spaces in a digital age Libraries archives and museums have traditionally been a part of the public spheres infrastructure. They have been so by providing public access to culture and knowledge by being agents for enlightenment and by being public meeting places in their communities. Digitization and globalization poses new challenges in relation to upholding a sustainable public sphere. Can libraries archives and museums contribute in meeting these challenges Frontmatter Acknowledgments Contents 1 Introduction Physical Places and Virtual Spaces: Libraries Archives and Museums in a Digital Age 2 LAM institutions: a Cross country Comparison of Legislation and Statistics on Services and Use 3 The Digitalization Imperative: Sacralization of Technology in LAM Policies 4 The Institutions Go Digital 5 Norwegian National Policies for Digitalization in the LAM Sector Imperative and Implementation 6 Organization and Funding of Digitization in the Visegrád Countries 7 Institutional Convergence and Divergence in Norwegian Cultural Policy: Central Government LAM Organization 1999 2019 8 LAM Professionals and the Public Sphere 9 Perceptions and Implications of User Participation and Engagement in Libraries Archives and Museums 10 Like Share and Comment! The Use of Facebook by Public Libraries and Museums: A Case Study from Tromsø Norway 11 Reading Between the Shelves the Library as Perspective in Life and Profession 12 The Use of LAM Institutions in the Digital Age 13 Libraries and Democracy in Germany. As Perceived by the Public in Contrast to the Professionals 14 Democratic Coexistence Tiny Publics and Participatory Emancipation at the Public Library 15 Being Learning Doing: A Palace for the Children 16 Libraries and the Sámi population in Norway Assimilation and Resistance 17 The Joys of Wiki Work: Craftsmanship Flow and Self externalization in a Digital Environment The Authors Index