Exploring Public Library Identity Through Mission Statements

IF 1.4 Q2 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Public Library Quarterly Pub Date : 2021-02-24 DOI:10.1080/01616846.2021.1893568

Melissa Fraser-Arnott

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Public libraries’ institutional identities inform library strategic planning, including marketing and branding, collection and service development, evaluation, and talent management. While each public library develops a unique identity and brand, this identity is informed by the collective institutional identity of public libraries. This study examined the mission statements of public libraries in Canada and the United States in order to identity the salient aspects of public library identity of modern public libraries. The following identity components were identified: (1) community building, (2) culture and recreation, (3) equitable access, (4) information, (5) positive impact, and (6) stewardship. These identity components are examined in relation to literature on library and librarian professional identity and history. They categories are sufficiently broad to serve as an umbrella for a wide range of public library collections, programs and services. Understanding the collective identity of public libraries allows each public library to situate their unique collections and activities within the greater library community.

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通过使命宣言探索公共图书馆的身份

公共图书馆的机构身份为图书馆的战略规划提供了信息，包括营销和品牌推广、馆藏和服务发展、评估和人才管理。虽然每个公共图书馆都有自己独特的身份和品牌，但这种身份是由公共图书馆的集体机构身份决定的。本研究考察了加拿大和美国公共图书馆的使命宣言，以确定现代公共图书馆公共图书馆身份的突出方面。识别了以下身份组成部分:(1)社区建设，(2)文化和娱乐，(3)公平获取，(4)信息，(5)积极影响，(6)管理。这些身份组成部分是在图书馆和图书馆员的职业身份和历史相关的文献检查。这些分类足够广泛，可以作为广泛的公共图书馆馆藏、项目和服务的保护伞。了解公共图书馆的集体身份可以让每个公共图书馆在更大的图书馆社区中定位自己独特的馆藏和活动。

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Public Library Quarterly INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

CiteScore

3.50

自引率

21.10%

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期刊介绍： Public Libraries Quarterly is addressed to leaders-directors, managers, staff, trustees, and friends-who believe that change is imperative if public libraries are to fulfill their service missions in the twenty-first century. In PLQ, directors and operating officers tell how they accomplished change. The journal examines: •best practices and models to improve service •management case studies-with results and failures •library mythologies that retard individual and institutional development •studies of how to plan results and accomplish desired outcomes •marketing and fund-raising tools that work •budget and financial analysis tools and tips