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- Johnston, Jamie, et al.
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LAM professionals' roles and attitudes to user participation in Norway and Sweden
- 2023
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Ingår i: Library & Information Science Research. - : Elsevier. - 0740-8188 .- 1873-1848. ; 45:3
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Recent studies provide insights into library, archive and museum (LAM) professionals' attitudes toward user participation, yet they do not address how the diversity of roles LAM professionals assume may influence their attitudes toward participation. The reported findings based on a questionnaire to LAM professionals in Norway and Sweden indicate that user participation is viewed differently depending on how the professionals perceive their roles in relation to those of other professions. Analysis of the underlying relationships between the ques-tionnaire respondents' perceptions and attitudes identifies three subject positions with associated interpretative repertoires: power sharing, outsourcing and engaging experts. Additional analysis using a four-quadrant model of user engagement that differentiates between bottom-up and top-down approaches and between areas of orga-nizational activity suggests that the respondents primarily see themselves as experts within their respective fields and have yet to relinquish this role in favor of a more bottom-up approach to user participation.
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- Johnston, Jamie, et al.
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Public librarians' perception of their professional role and the library's role in supporting the public sphere : a multi-country comparison
- 2021
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Ingår i: Journal of Documentation. - : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 0022-0418 .- 1758-7379. ; 78:5, s. 1109-1130
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- PurposeThe overarching aim of this article is to consider to what extent the perceptions of librarians in Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Norway, Poland and Sweden reflect a unified view of their professional role and the role of their institutions in supporting the formation of the public sphere and to what extent the variations reflect national contexts.Design/methodology/approachThe multi-country comparison is based on online questionnaires. The central research questions are how do librarians legitimize the use of public resources to uphold a public library service? How do librarians perceive the role of public libraries as public spaces? How do librarians perceive their professional role and the competencies needed for it? Consideration is given to how the digital and social turns are reflected in the responses.FindingsThe results show evidence of a unified professional culture with clear influences from national contexts. A key finding is that librarians see giving access as central for both legitimizing library services and for the library's role as a public sphere institution. Strong support is shown for the social turn in supporting the formation of the public sphere while the digital turn appears to be a future challenge; one of seemingly increased importance due to the pandemic.Research limitations/implicationsThis study shows that libraries across the seven countries have expanded beyond simply providing public access to their book-based collections and now serve as social, learning and creative spaces: both in the physical library and digitally. Qualitative research is needed concerning librarians' notions of public libraries and librarianship, which will provide a more in-depth understanding of the changing professional responsibilities and how public libraries recruit the associated competencies.Originality/valueThe article provides a much needed insight into how librarians perceive the role of public libraries in supporting the formation of the public sphere and democratic processes, as well as their own role.
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- Khosrowjerdi, Mahmood, et al.
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Professional identity of public librarians, archivists and museum professionals in five European countries
- 2024
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Ingår i: Journal of Documentation. - 0022-0418 .- 1758-7379.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose – The purpose is to investigate the professional identity of public library, archive and museum (LAM)professionals in Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Norway and Sweden.Design/methodology/approach – The data have been gathered through the administration of threequestionnaires. A comprehensive analysis is conducted to explore the variations in the professionals’perceptions of their professional proximities to the other LAM professions and other related professions,considering demographic factors such as age, education, gender and immigrant background of participants.Findings – Through a lens of micro- and macro-professional identities, the findings underscore both clearlyperceived role separation between the LAM professions and notable points of convergence, suggestingopportunities for collaborative efforts. The implications of these discoveries are discussed, offering afoundation for future research endeavors.Originality/value – The study highlights the professions perceived to have the most and least similarity toLAMs based on questionnaire responses, providing valuable insights into the interplay between variousprofessional domains.
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