Download This PaperRole of Public Libraries in Providing Community Information Services
11 Pages Posted: 25 Feb 2020 Last revised: 23 Apr 2020
Date Written: February 11, 2020
Abstract
The goal of this paper is to analyze the role played by public libraries in driving community education and promoting information literacy in digital society. Public libraries being storehouses of knowledge, they have always supported user education while undertaking active part in community information services. We design a simple model to explain and analyze the effects of public libraries on user education and community literacy drive. We also discuss the relevance and value of public libraries in this age of digital technology. Our findings reinforce the claim that public libraries are still relevant even in this digital age, and they indeed support user education for the progressive improvement of society.
Keywords: Public library, community information services, user education, information processing
JEL Classification: I2
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