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Libraries and Public Perception
A Comparative Analysis of the European Press
1st Edition - August 18, 2014
Author: Anna Galluzzi
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:9781843347446
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eBook ISBN:9781780634258
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What is the future of libraries? This question is frequently posed, with widespread research into the social and economic impact of libraries. Newspapers play an important role in…Read more
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What is the future of libraries? This question is frequently posed, with widespread research into the social and economic impact of libraries. Newspapers play an important role in forming public perceptions, but how do newspapers present libraries, their past, present and future? Nobody has yet taken the press to task on the quantity and quality of articles on libraries, however Libraries and Public Perception does just this, through comparative textual analysis of newspapers in Europe. After a comprehensive and useful introductory chapter, the book consists of the following five chapters: Wondering about the future of libraries; Measuring the value of libraries; Libraries in the newspapers; Contemporary challenges and public perception; Which library model from the newspapers: a synthesis.
Provides an alternative means to evaluate the impact of libraries
Compares different countries and societies regarding their representation of libraries
Pursues its subject through active research, rather than self reflection
Information and communication science researchers and students, Librarians making advocacy and Politicians and local governments planning their library services
List of figures
About the author
Acknowledgements
1: Wondering about the future of libraries
Abstract
The debate among scientists and professionals
The current situation
Why this book? Why now?
2: Measuring the value of libraries
Abstract
The methods to assess the social and economic impact of libraries
An alternative method: the analysis of the press
Scope and methodology of the research
3: Libraries in the newspapers
Abstract
Are libraries a ‘hot’ topic?
Emerging issues and general perception
Synthesis of the quantitative analysis
Stories and threads
4: Contemporary challenges and public perception
Abstract
Looking from the inside and outside
Libraries and knowledge
Libraries and welfare
Libraries and the digital revolution: impact on libraries and public perception
5: Which library model from the newspapers: a synthesis
Abstract
Threats and opportunities for future libraries
Recommendations to librarians
References
Index
No. of pages: 150
Language: English
Edition: 1
Published: August 18, 2014
Imprint: Chandos Publishing
Paperback ISBN: 9781843347446
eBook ISBN: 9781780634258
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Anna Galluzzi
Anna Galluzzi graduated from the University of Tuscia in Viterbo in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage, Specialization for Archivists and Librarians, in 1997. She then went on to receive a Degree in Library and Information Science at the University of Rome “La Sapienza, a Master (MSc) in Management of Library and Information Services at the University of Aberystwyth in Wales, and a PhD in Library Science at the University of Udine.
Since 2003, she has been working as Parliamentary Administrator and Librarian at the Senate Library in Rome. Prior to that, she was contract professor in Library and Information Science and Library Management at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, as well as teacher in professional classes and speaker at many national and international conferences.
In addition to numerous articles and papers, she is the author of the following books: La valutazione delle biblioteche pubbliche. Dati e metodologie delle indagini in Italia. Firenze, Olschki, 1999; Biblioteche e cooperazione. Modelli, strumenti, esperienze in Italia. Milano: Editrice Bibliografica, 2004; Biblioteche per la città. Nuove prospettive di un servizio pubblico. Roma: Carocci, 2009; and Libraries and public perception. A comparative analysis of the European Press. Elsevier, Chandos Publishing, 2014.
Affiliations and expertise
Biblioteca del Senato, Italy
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