Papers originally presented at a seminar held at the Royal School of Library and Information Science in Copenhagen, December 10-11, 2001. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Librarians' experiences of introducing the Internet in the public library : a study in Southern California / Ulla Arvidsson -- Web-based community information services in public libraries / Marianne Hummelshøj -- A poem lovely as a tree? : virtual reference questions in Norwegian public libraries / Tord Høivik -- Implications of the concept "samhällsinformation" for the public library field in Sweden / Karen Nowé -- The public library, networked information resources, and the concept of learning center / Trine Schreiber -- Valuation of public libraries / Svanhild Aabø -- Between new public management and ethics : library management under cross-pressure / Carl Gustav Johannsen and Niels Ole Pors -- Usability studies and focus groups as methods for developing digital public library services in a multiethnic society / Ågot Berger -- National identity as cultural policy with emphasis on the library as an institution / Andrew Cranfield -- The intercultural encounter between Danish public libraries and ethnic minority users / Hans Elbeshausen and Charlotte Werther -- Classification of religious literature : some thoughts on the dilemmas of Universalism / Kasper Graarup -- Ethnic diversity in Danish public libraries / Bo Christensen Skøtt -- Architecture and design of Danish public libraries, 1909-1939 : between tradition and modernity / Nan Dahlkild -- Foreign influence on the development of the Danish public libraries with emphasis on the Association Denmark's popular book collections, 1905-1919 / Martin Dyrbye -- Institution, modernity, and discourse : three perspectives on public library history / Laura Henriette Christine Skouvig -- The meaning of the public library in people's everyday life : some preliminary results from a qualitative study / Ellen-Merete Duvold -- The public library as a social field / Henrik Jochumsen and Casper Hvenegaard Rasmussen -- Users' library discourses / Sanna Talja -- The heritage of public librarianship / Michael K. Buckland -- Research perspective / Sandra Parker -- Summing up : practitioner's perspective / Ruth Ørnholt.
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