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Modelling community engagement in public libraries
This paper explores core concepts relating to community engagement in public libraries. It offers a new conceptual framework to help understand collaborative, productive relationships between information service providers and service users. Fundamental to this framework are two underlying variables...
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| author | Hui-Yun Sung Mark Hepworth |
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| description | This paper explores core concepts relating to community engagement in public libraries. It offers a new conceptual framework to help understand collaborative, productive relationships between information service providers and service users. Fundamental to this framework are two underlying variables of ‘influence of authority’ and ‘willingness to learn’. This paper explores these variables and related elements that were shown to influence the success of community engagement in public libraries in the United Kingdom. The study has developed a model of essential elements of community engagement in public libraries, as a first step towards systematic research in this area. This paper focuses on the implications for practice and suggests a community engagement model that is grounded in the reality and perceptions of the community and the participants, rather than only from an institutional perspective. |
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| spelling | rr-article-94132972013-01-01T00:00:00Z Modelling community engagement in public libraries Hui-Yun Sung (7173590) Mark Hepworth (1258338) Information systems not elsewhere classified Library and information studies not elsewhere classified Other information and computing sciences not elsewhere classified Community engagement Public libraries Library outreach programmes United Kingdom Information Systems Library and Information Studies Information and Computing Sciences not elsewhere classified This paper explores core concepts relating to community engagement in public libraries. It offers a new conceptual framework to help understand collaborative, productive relationships between information service providers and service users. Fundamental to this framework are two underlying variables of ‘influence of authority’ and ‘willingness to learn’. This paper explores these variables and related elements that were shown to influence the success of community engagement in public libraries in the United Kingdom. The study has developed a model of essential elements of community engagement in public libraries, as a first step towards systematic research in this area. This paper focuses on the implications for practice and suggests a community engagement model that is grounded in the reality and perceptions of the community and the participants, rather than only from an institutional perspective. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z Text Journal contribution 2134/13121 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Modelling_community_engagement_in_public_libraries/9413297 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 |
| spellingShingle | Information systems not elsewhere classified Library and information studies not elsewhere classified Other information and computing sciences not elsewhere classified Community engagement Public libraries Library outreach programmes United Kingdom Information Systems Library and Information Studies Information and Computing Sciences not elsewhere classified Hui-Yun Sung Mark Hepworth Modelling community engagement in public libraries |
| title | Modelling community engagement in public libraries |
| title_full | Modelling community engagement in public libraries |
| title_fullStr | Modelling community engagement in public libraries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Modelling community engagement in public libraries |
| title_short | Modelling community engagement in public libraries |
| title_sort | modelling community engagement in public libraries |
| topic | Information systems not elsewhere classified Library and information studies not elsewhere classified Other information and computing sciences not elsewhere classified Community engagement Public libraries Library outreach programmes United Kingdom Information Systems Library and Information Studies Information and Computing Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/2134/13121 |