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Public library

Known as: Public library funding, Public libraries, Stadsbiblioteket 
A public library is a library that is accessible by the general public and is generally funded from public sources, such as taxes. It is operated by… Expand
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Library science

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Review
2018
Review
2018
A review of literature on evaluating the scientific, social, and political impact of social sciences and humanities research
Recently, the need to contribute to the evaluation of the scientific, social, and political impact of Social Sciences and… Expand
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Purls of wisdom: A collectivist study of human information behaviour in a public library knitting group
Purpose – The authors aim to apply a collectivist theoretical framework to the study of human information behaviour and the… Expand
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2007
2007
Vroom's expectancy theory and the public library customer motivation model
Purpose – The puropse of this paper is to understand the components of Vroom's expectancy theory; to create or develop a public… Expand
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
The role and value of public libraries in the age of digital technologies
Discusses public libraries’ role and value in the age of digital technologies. Reassessments of their role due to technological… Expand
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
The Race for Talent: Retaining and Engaging Workers in the 21st Century
 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Sweeping the library: Mapping the social activity space of the public library 1 1 A version of thi
Abstract Although libraries are public spaces in which individuals engage in a range of social and informational activities, few… Expand
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Knowledge management in public libraries
Knowledge management as a business concept has been traditionally applied to money‐making organisations with the aim of enhancing… Expand
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Where the Action Is - The Foundations of Embodied Interaction
Computer science as an engineering discipline has been spectacularly successful. Yet it is also a philosophical enterprise in the… Expand
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
The public library service : IFLA/UNESCO guidelines for development
The public library service : IFLA/UNESCO guidelines for development / [International Federation of Library Associations and… Expand
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Focused Crawling: A New Approach to Topic-Specific Web Resource Discovery
The rapid growth of the World-Wide Web poses unprecedented scaling challenges for general-purpose crawlers and search engines. In… Expand
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