This paper presents the results of 27 case study visits to public libraries, Citizens Advice Bureaux and other advice agencies throughout the UK. The main aim of the visits was to examine existing levels of citizenship information provision within these organisations. The visits consisted of interviews with staff and examination of the organisations’ collections of citizenship/community informa...

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Libraries have existed in French prisons since the mid-nineteenth century, and for more than a century the French Penitentiary Administration has made an effort to structure and organize them as well as to monitor what books are made available to inmates. The role and impact of these libraries has evolved slowly over time, and over the years central control was gradually relaxed. In the early 1...

THEIHEORYOF PUBLIC C H O I C E suggests that high levels of demand for public library senices and positive perceptions of the quality of those senices should be associated rviith higher levels of funding for the libraries. This investigation compared self-reported use of public libraries and public opinion about library senices with levels of per-capita library f h d i n g over time. The result...

Follow up what we will offer in this article about creative management of small public libraries in the 21st century. You know really that this book is coming as the best seller book today. So, when you are really a good reader or you're fans of the author, it does will be funny if you don't have this book. It means that you have to get this book. For you who are starting to learn about somethi...

Purpose This paper aims to explore library–community collaboration from both a theoretical and practical perspective, highlighting successful collaborative strategies and projects and illustrating important considerations for libraries that are considering community partnerships. Design/methodology/approach This paper consists of a literature review and several “capsule” case studies of project...

This paper discusses the second stage of a pilot study, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, which investigated the impact of technology on the communication of parliamentary information to the general public. This second stage tested the application of a new data collection tool an interactive, electronically assisted interview delivered in a roadshow environment. The approach w...