Public Libraries in postindustrial societies

Abstract

The article’s focus is on how public libraries are affected by structural changes in the wake of the transition to the knowledge society.
Their attempts to match the knowledge society are illustrated by processes of sensemaking and sensegiving made in public libraries
in Canada, the UK and Denmark.
Original languageEnglish
JournalBibliotechnyi Visnyk Scientific theoretical applied journal
Volume6 (230)
Pages (from-to)8-15
Number of pages8
ISSN1029-7200
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2015

Keywords

  • Faculty of Humanities
  • transformation
  • knowledge society
  • public libraries
  • co-configuration
  • concept enlargement

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