Just Collaboration or Really Something Else? On Joint-Use Libraries and Normative Institutional Change with Two Examples from Sweden

Hansson, Joacim

doi:10.1353/lib.2006.0035

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“…Changes in and the development of public libraries have been analysed by means of institutional theory in several studies (e.g., Audunson, ; Hansson, ; Kann‐Christensen, ; Evjen, ; Schultz Nybacka, ). Institutional theory allows for understanding changes in a profession, such as librarianship, in relation to the surrounding community.…”

Section: Institutional Theoretical Perspectives On Public Library Devmentioning

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Equipped for resistance: An agonistic conceptualization of the public library as a verb

Eckerdal

2018

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A theoretical framework for understanding public library development is presented; plural agonistics is used in combination with an approach inspired by posthumanism. The framework is related to examples from a study of two Swedish public libraries. Antagonism is viewed as foundational, and democracy as an ongoing process, the task being to transform antagonism to agonism, with institutions like libraries postulated as important spaces for adversaries to meet in dialogue. Libraries are viewed here as constantly becoming institutions, and the librarian's identity as an ongoing enactment of the library. To underscore the crucial role the library fills in society, it is conceptualized as a verb and a new word is proposed: to librarize. Discussions about the content of libraries are critical for librarians to find ways to perform the library. The ongoing debate is part of the professional performance of librarians. Librarians should, while acknowledging that there may be no single right way, debate over what is the most beneficial way to facilitate libraries’ vital role in democracy. Conceptualizing of the library as a verb and its implications for librarianship as a possible active agent for radical change within society are offered as articulations of resistance.

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Section: Institutional Theoretical Perspectives On Public Library Devmentioning

confidence: 99%

Equipped for resistance: An agonistic conceptualization of the public library as a verb

Eckerdal

2018

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“…The controversy caused by the development of joint use libraries at San Jose in California and Visby in Sweden has been welldocumented (see, for example, Kauppila & Russell, 2003;Hansson, 2006), but there have been numerous less documented disputes, played out in the local media and council chambers, resulting from proposals to develop joint use school-public libraries. To give just one example, the planned joint use library at Portree in the Scottish Highlands is currently causing controversy; according to the local newspaper, "The inclusion of community facilities within the school-most notably the Portree public library-has proved an unpopular decision, with several community groups campaigning to retain the library within the centre of the village" (West Highland Free Press, 2004).…”

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What Makes a Joint Use Library a Community Library?

McNicol¹

2006

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Although the majority of joint use libraries in educational establishments provide at least an adequate level of service for their school, college, or university users, the standard of service they provide for members of the public is more questionable in many cases. This article considers the benefi ts and problems of joint use libraries from the perspective of their public users, providing examples from the UK and elsewhere to demonstrate how these occur in practice. A number of success factors are identifi ed that need to be considered if a joint use library is to be successful as a community library, perhaps the most important of these being the need to involve the local community in the development of the library from its earliest stage. Gaining the support and active involvement of the local community is crucial; only then can the true benefi ts of joint use libraries, as locations for intergenerational activity and lifelong learning, be realized.

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“…that the joint library de facto constitutes a joint academic library for all parties. A new institutional identity had to be created (Hansson, 2006). The design of the joint library would in every way symbolize this.…”

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A joint university library: vision and reality

Flemming

2011

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to analyse a Finnish model of cooperation between universities – a joint university library.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is a case study. The vision for the joint university library Tritonia, the reality when the libraries of three universities merged in 2001 and the new merging in 2010, when two more universities joined the library cooperation, is discussed. Key factors of quality management in a joint bilingual library are analysed.FindingsThe synergetic effects of such a library are numerous when it comes to: the access to printed collections; the role of the library as a social place and meeting spot for students, staff and the public; the available services; and the networking between languages and universities. No synergetic effects have so far been achieved when it comes to e‐resources.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper is based on experiences of one joint library.Practical implicationsThe paper presents an existing model for cooperation in a joint multilingual library.Originality/valueThe paper focuses on a new model of library cooperation between universities.

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Just Collaboration or Really Something Else? On Joint-Use Libraries and Normative Institutional Change with Two Examples from Sweden

Abstract: This article is an attempt to discuss the establishment of joint use libraries as something more than just administrative collaboration.

Cited by 18 publications

References 13 publications

Equipped for resistance: An agonistic conceptualization of the public library as a verb

Equipped for resistance: An agonistic conceptualization of the public library as a verb

What Makes a Joint Use Library a Community Library?

A joint university library: vision and reality

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