New frontiers in public library research
By: edited by Carl Gustav Johannsen, Leif Kajberg.
Contributors: Johannsen, Carl Gustav.; Kajberg, Leif.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
Subjects: Library science -- Scandinavia -- Congresses.; Public libraries -- Scandinavia -- Congresses.; Library science -- Research -- Scandinavia -- Congresses.; Public libraries -- Research -- Scandinavia -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Papers originally presented at a seminar held at the Royal School of Library and Information Science in Copenhagen, December 10-11, 2001.
Table of contents: title: Librarians' experiences of introducing the Internet in the public library : a study in Southern California / Ulla Arvidsson; title: Web-based community information services in public libraries / Marianne Hummelshøj; title: A poem lovely as a tree? : virtual reference questions in Norwegian public libraries / Tord Høivik; title: Implications of the concept "samhällsinformation" for the public library field in Sweden / Karen Nowé; title: The public library, networked information resources, and the concept of learning center / Trine Schreiber; title: Valuation of public libraries / Svanhild Aabø; title: Between new public management and ethics : library management under cross-pressure / Carl Gustav Johannsen and Niels Ole Pors; title: Usability studies and focus groups as methods for developing digital public library services in a multiethnic society / Ågot Berger; title: National identity as cultural policy with emphasis on the library as an institution / Andrew Cranfield; title: The intercultural encounter between Danish public libraries and ethnic minority users / Hans Elbeshausen and Charlotte Werther; title: Classification of religious literature : some thoughts on the dilemmas of Universalism / Kasper Graarup; title: Ethnic diversity in Danish public libraries / Bo Christensen Skøtt; title: Architecture and design of Danish public libraries, 1909-1939 : between tradition and modernity / Nan Dahlkild; title: Foreign influence on the development of the Danish public libraries with emphasis on the Association Denmark's popular book collections, 1905-1919 / Martin Dyrbye; title: Institution, modernity, and discourse : three perspectives on public library history / Laura Henriette Christine Skouvig; title: The meaning of the public library in people's everyday life : some preliminary results from a qualitative study / Ellen-Merete Duvold; title: The public library as a social field / Henrik Jochumsen and Casper Hvenegaard Rasmussen; title: Users' library discourses / Sanna Talja; title: The heritage of public librarianship / Michael K. Buckland; title: Research perspective / Sandra Parker; title: Summing up : practitioner's perspective / Ruth Ørnholt.