Social reading and the public sphere in Nordic public libraries: a comparative study

IF 0.7 4区 管理学 Q3 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE
Kerstin Rydbeck, Jamie Johnston, Ágústa Pálsdóttir, Mahmood Khosrowjerdi, Andreas Vårheim, R. Audunson, Casper Hvenegaard Rasmussen
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This paper presents research on how public librarians in Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden view the importance of social reading and related professional roles. Previous research findings from a questionnaire administered to public librarians are analysed in depth in order to identify trends that can be further investigated in a subsequent qualitative study. The previous findings broadly show variation in the importance of social reading activities and related professional roles at the country level. A detailed understanding of the variations is elicited through a more comprehensive analysis at the country and community levels. Social reading plays a more important role in Danish and Icelandic libraries than in Norwegian and Swedish libraries, however it is more important in larger communities in Iceland and Sweden and smaller communities in Denmark and Norway. The role of literary mediator appears to correspond highly to librarians’ professional role across all countries and community sizes whereas that of a literary critic somewhat less. The results establish a need for further research on social reading in public libraries, especially concerning the types and nature of activities generally included in social reading and the extent digital solutions are used.
北欧公共图书馆的社会阅读与公共领域比较研究
本文介绍了丹麦、冰岛、挪威和瑞典的公共图书馆员如何看待社会阅读的重要性和相关的职业角色。对公共图书馆员进行问卷调查后得出的先前研究结果进行了深入分析,以确定可以在随后的定性研究中进一步调查的趋势。先前的研究结果广泛地表明,社会阅读活动和相关专业角色的重要性在国家层面上存在差异。通过在国家和社区两级进行更全面的分析,可以详细了解这些差异。社会阅读在丹麦和冰岛的图书馆中扮演着比挪威和瑞典图书馆更重要的角色,然而,它在冰岛和瑞典的大型社区和丹麦和挪威的小型社区中更为重要。在所有国家和社区规模中,文学调解人的角色似乎与图书馆员的职业角色高度对应,而文学评论家的角色则稍低。研究结果表明,需要进一步研究公共图书馆的社交阅读,特别是关于社交阅读中一般包含的活动类型和性质以及数字解决方案的使用程度。
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Information Research-An International Electronic Journal
Information Research-An International Electronic Journal INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-
CiteScore
1.20
自引率
12.50%
发文量
62
审稿时长
45 weeks
期刊介绍: Information Research, is an open access, international, peer-reviewed, scholarly journal, dedicated to making accessible the results of research across a wide range of information-related disciplines. It is published by the University of Borås, Sweden, with the financial support of an NOP-HS Scientific Journal Grant. It is edited by Professor T.D. Wilson, and is hosted, and given technical support, by Lund University Libraries, Sweden.
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