Leo Appleton, Centre for Social Informatics, Part time PhD student, First year
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Leo Appleton,Centre for Social Informatics,
Part time PhD student, First year
“The value and impact of public libraries within the Information Society : their
contribution to citizenship development.”
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Research context
• Information Society contexto Information and
knowledgeo Informed citizenship
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We don’t need libraries!
• A product of the Information Society is the Digital Libraryo Online information
explosiono Social mediao Accessibility and
availability
• We don’t need physical libraries
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… but I’m a librarian!
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Nice to have?• UK wide public library
closures• Other services are
prioritised• ‘Big Society’ approach
– using volunteers to staff public libraries
• Will the closed libraries ever return?
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Impact!
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Social impact
Libraries allow individuals to develop as citizens and to access information and skills which can
advantage them.
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economic impact
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citizenship • Focus on citizenship• Do citizens benefit?• Do they develop?• Are they able to
access basic information?
• Do they benefit in terms of employability or intellectuality?
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Key questions• To what extent is an individual’s position
advantaged through using information and engaging with the public library service?
• What is the impact of using a public library service on individual and community citizenship?
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Social capital
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intellectual capital
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human capital
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what will I do? – forming my method
• Continual literature review
• Work with professional association – Cilip
• Talk to stakeholderso Library patrons (key
group)o Library staffo Library directors / Chief
librarians?
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where?
Liverpool
London
Edinburgh
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how?• Cohort approach• Locations / local
authorities representative demographically
• Longitudinal over three years (each group revisited)
• Focus group approaches
• Liverpool pilot Sept 2014
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what will I find?