Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the shaping of public libraries as an
infrastructure for a sustainable public sphere through a comprehensive literature review …

The united nations educational, scientific and cultural organization (UNESCO) considers the
historic urban landscapes as the world heritages. Managing historic city centers and …

Introduction. Library and information studies research has made use of key informants to
gather useful background data, but the role of the key informants has been under …

Informational Cities are the prototypical spaces of the knowledge society. Public libraries
play an important role as parts of the digital, smart, knowledge and creative infrastructures of …

The aim of this article is to analyse and discuss the development of performative spaces in
public libraries from a cultural policy perspective. First, a framework of three concepts of …

In terms of political perceptions, library building projects appear to be similar across different
contexts. Qualitative interviews with local politicians were employed to examine attitudes …

This article presents an overview of the Western public library's development into its present
form (s) and its shift to the prevailing social perspective. This leads to a discussion of “digital …

Communal celebrations bring out the best in us, offering a place for people to come together
and take a break from the routines of daily life. They are a vital aspect of city life and are …

To understand the roles that Australian public libraries are aiming to play in their
communities, mission statements from a sample of fifty public library networks were …

In a survey of 31 informational world cities, we investigate the state of the art public library
core services. For this study, we applied the core service catalog developed by (Mainka, A …