Title of article :
Modelling community engagement in public libraries
Author/Authors :
Sung، Hui-Yun نويسنده National Chung Hsing University, TAIWAN , , Hepworth، Mark نويسنده Loughborough University, UNITED KINGDOM ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی - سال 2013
Abstract :
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.
Journal title :
Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science
Journal title :
Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science