Overcoming information poverty : investigating the role of public libraries in the twenty-first century

Overcoming information poverty investigating the role of public libraries in the twenty-first century

Overcoming Information Poverty: Investigating the Role of Public Libraries in The Twenty-First Century considers the role of public libraries in alleviating information poverty and targeting social exclusion, using a three-level information poverty framework. The book proposes a model for understand...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Mckeown, Anthony, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam, [Netherlands] : Chandos Publishing 2016.
Edición:1st edition
Colección:Chandos information professional series.
Materias:
Public libraries > Administration.
Public libraries > Aims and objectives.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009629867406719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • OVERCOMING INFORMATION POVERTY
  • Series Page
  • OVERCOMING INFORMATION POVERTY: Investigating the Role of Public Libraries in The Twenty-First Century
  • Copyright
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF FIGURES
  • LIST OF TABLES
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • 1 - Introduction
  • 1.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 1.2 BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE
  • 1.3 INFORMATION POVERTY
  • 1.4 A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON INFORMATION POVERTY AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES
  • 1.5 THE MACRO, MESO AND MICRO FRAMEWORK
  • 1.6 RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY: LIBRARIES NI AS THE CASE STUDY
  • 1.6.1 Stage 1 Data Collection Methods: Macro Level
  • 1.6.2 Stage 2: Meso-Level Questionnaire and Interviews
  • 1.6.3 Stage 3: Focus Groups (Micro Level)
  • 1.7 STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK
  • 1.8 SUMMARY
  • 2 - Setting the Context
  • 2.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 2.2 HISTORICAL CONTEXT: PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND SOCIAL INCLUSION
  • 2.3 POVERTY IN NORTHERN IRELAND
  • 2.4 THE DEPARTMENT FOR CULTURE, ARTS AND LEISURE AND LIBRARIES NI
  • 2.5 LIBRARY USAGE IN NORTHERN IRELAND
  • 2.6 LIBRARY USAGE IN SOCIALLY DEPRIVED AREAS
  • 2.7 CONCLUSIONS
  • 3 - Developing an Understanding of What Information Poverty Is
  • 3.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 3.2 CONCEPTUALISING 'INFORMATION'
  • 3.2.1 The Importance of Information
  • 3.3 POVERTY AND INFORMATION POVERTY
  • 3.4 ORIGINS OF THE CONCEPTS OF 'INFORMATION POVERTY' AND THE 'INFORMATION POOR'
  • 3.5 INFORMATION POVERTY AND THE INFORMATION POOR IN THE LIS DISCOURSE
  • 3.6 INFORMATION POVERTY: PERSPECTIVES FROM POLICY MAKERS AND LIBRARY STAFF
  • 3.7 INFORMATION POVERTY AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION
  • 3.8 UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT: ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES
  • 3.9 CONCLUSIONS
  • 4 - Factors Creating Information Poverty
  • 4.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 4.2 FACTORS CREATING INFORMATION POVERTY
  • 4.3 PHYSICAL ACCESS TO INFORMATION: INFRASTRUCTURAL APPROACHES.
  • 4.4 SOCIAL FACTORS CREATING INFORMATION POVERTY
  • 4.5 AWARENESS OF INFORMATION
  • 4.6 FINANCIAL FACTORS CREATING INFORMATION POVERTY
  • 4.7 EDUCATIONAL FACTORS CREATING INFORMATION POVERTY
  • 4.8 THE SKILLS NEEDED TO ACCESS INFORMATION
  • 4.9 BARRIERS TO LIBRARY USAGE
  • 4.10 PERSONAL FACTORS CREATING INFORMATION POVERTY
  • 4.11 INTELLECTUAL AND COGNITIVE FACTORS CREATING INFORMATION POVERTY
  • 4.12 VIEWING INFORMATION POVERTY AS A CONTINUUM
  • 4.13 INFORMATION POVERTY INDICATORS
  • 4.14 INFORMATION POVERTY INDICATORS AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES
  • 4.15 MEASURING THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICES
  • 4.16 A THREE-LEVEL MODEL OF INFORMATION POVERTY
  • 4.17 CONCLUDING THOUGHTS
  • 5 - Investigating Information Poverty at the Macro Level: Part 1
  • 5.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 5.2 MACRO-LEVEL APPROACHES TO INFORMATION POVERTY
  • 5.3 DIGITAL INCLUSION: THE DIGITAL BY DEFAULT AGENDA
  • 5.3.1 Digital by Default and Public Libraries
  • 5.3.2 Public Libraries and Supporting Digital Inclusion
  • 5.4 NORTHERN IRELAND HOME ICT AND INTERNET ACCESS
  • 5.5 ACCESS TO INFORMATION: INFRASTRUCTURE
  • 5.5.1 Access to Information: Strategic Partnerships for Digital and Social Inclusion
  • 5.5.2 Strategic Partnerships to Address Information Poverty
  • 5.6 TACKLING POVERTY AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION: THE TSE STRATEGY
  • 5.7 STAFF SKILLS TO TACKLE SOCIAL AND DIGITAL EXCLUSION
  • 5.8 CONCLUSIONS
  • 6 - Information Poverty at the Macro Level: Part 2
  • 6.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 6.2 LIFELONG LEARNING AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES
  • 6.3 SUPPORTING LEARNING: DEVELOPING LITERACY SKILLS
  • 6.3.1 Literacy Levels in Northern Ireland
  • 6.3.2 Literacy, Developing Readers and Supporting Families
  • 6.3.3 Supporting Literacy: The Role of Public Library Staff
  • 6.4 PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND CULTURAL INCLUSION
  • 6.5 INFORMATION LITERACY SKILLS AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
  • 6.5.1 Information Literacy: Perspectives From Macro-Level Interviewees
  • 6.6 DIGITAL LITERACY
  • 6.6.1 Developing Digital Literacy Skills
  • 6.6.2 Developing Digital Literacy Skills: Examples From Northern Ireland
  • 6.7 MAPPING THE INFORMATION POVERTY INDICATORS FRAMEWORK TO LIBRARIES NI'S INFORMATION PROVISION AND SERVICES
  • 6.8 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
  • 7 - Investigating Information Poverty at the Meso Level: Part 1
  • 7.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 7.2 LOCALISED INFORMATION ENVIRONMENTS
  • 7.3 INFORMATION SEEKING WITHIN DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES
  • 7.4 CHATMAN'S INFORMATION POVERTY THEORIES
  • 7.5 CHATMAN'S SMALL-WORLD THEORIES AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES
  • 7.6 SOCIAL PARTICIPATION
  • 7.7 STRONG TIES/WEAK TIES THEORY AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES
  • 7.8 PUBLIC LIBRARIES AS THIRD PLACES SUPPORTING INFORMATION SHARING
  • 7.9 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
  • 8 - Investigating Information Poverty at the Meso Level: Part 2
  • 8.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 8.2 CHALLENGES FACING LIBRARY MANAGERS IN SOCIALLY DEPRIVED AREAS
  • 8.3 COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
  • 8.4 GROUPS THAT PUBLIC LIBRARIES COULD TARGET MORE EFFECTIVELY
  • 8.5 LIBRARY SERVICES AND THE ELDERLY
  • 8.6 LIBRARY SERVICES TO THE DISABLED
  • 8.7 OUTREACH TO THE HOMELESS
  • 8.8 ENGAGEMENT WITH LONE PARENTS
  • 8.9 IMPROVING COMMUNITY OUTREACH
  • 8.10 CONCLUSIONS
  • 9 - Investigating Information Poverty at the Micro Level
  • 9.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 9.2 PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND THE UNEMPLOYED
  • 9.3 FOCUS GROUP 1: YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 18-24YEARS (NEET)
  • 9.3.1 Resources and Support at the Community Centre
  • 9.3.2 ICT/Internet Access and Skills and Qualifications
  • 9.3.3 Use of the Local Library
  • 9.3.4 Reading
  • 9.3.5 Making Public Libraries More Appealing to Young People
  • 9.3.6 Extracting Information Poverty Indicators From the Community Centre Focus Group 1
  • 9.3.7 Focus Group 1: Key Findings
  • 9.4 JOB CLUBS IN LIBRARIES.
  • 9.5 FOCUS GROUP 2: THE LIBRARY JOB CLUB
  • 9.5.1 Library Usage
  • 9.5.2 Benefits of the Library Job Club
  • 9.5.3 Extracting Information Poverty Indicators From the Library Job Club Focus Group
  • 9.5.4 Focus Group 2: Key Findings
  • 9.6 LEARNING FROM OTHER LOCATIONS
  • 9.7 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
  • 10 - Concluding Thoughts and Recommendations
  • 10.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 10.2 SUMMING UP
  • 10.3 FUTURE CHALLENGES FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES
  • 10.4 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY AND PRACTICE
  • 10.4.1 Recommendation 1: Develop an Information Poverty Strategy
  • 10.4.2 Recommendation 2: Develop and Implement a Community Engagement Strategy
  • 10.4.3 Recommendation 3: Further Develop the Educational Role of Public Libraries
  • 10.4.4 Recommendation 4: Further Develop the Social Role of Public Libraries
  • 10.4.5 Recommendation 5: Raising Awareness and Marketing
  • 10.4.6 Recommendation 6: Identifying and Targeting Groups
  • 10.4.7 Recommendation 7: Developing Services for the Unemployed
  • 10.4.8 Recommendation 8: Improving Stock
  • 10.4.9 Recommendation 9: Library Staff
  • 10.5 CONCLUDING THOUGHTS
  • APPENDICES
  • APPENDIX 1: MACRO- AND MESO-LEVEL INTERVIEWEES
  • APPENDIX 2: SURVEY QUESTIONS
  • APPENDIX 3: INFORMATION POVERTY INDICATORS FROM THE MACRO-LEVEL DATA
  • APPENDIX 4: THE 20 MOST CITED INDICATORS OF INFORMATION POVERTY IN THE LITERATURE
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • W
  • Z
  • Back Cover.

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