Kampen om eReolen : Biblioteker, bogmarked og framing af det litterære kredsløb

Grøn, Rasmus; Balling, Gitte

doi:10.7146/ntik.v5i3.25789

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“…The transition from analogue to digital media types meant an exposure of the public libraries to various consumer-oriented business models, which, subsequently, had major consequences. Public libraries are often offered access to digital media types in one of three models: flat rate overdrive or pay per loan (Grøn and Balling, 2016, p. 55). The flat rate model is a subscription scheme where the agreement provides access to larger collections, e.g.…”

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Democracy, digitisation and public libraries

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2021

DLP

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate what democratic challenges the digitisation of the public libraries in Denmark has entailed. Using the concepts from a national library professional strategy from 2012, an analysis of 9 librarians’ experiences with digital dissemination in practice is conducted. Design/methodology/approach The paper is a part of a larger research project called “If digitisation is the answer, then what was the question?”. This sub study builds on the semi-structured interviews with library staff members, case-descriptions of two central providers of digital public library materials, as well as literature studies of missions, vision and strategies from different public library policy institutions. To frame the study, a literature review has been conducted. Findings The author detects the presence of several incompatible conditions in digital dissemination. These conditions are predominantly of an organisational nature, potentially containing major consequences for citizens’ free and equal access to information, knowledge and culture. Among other things, the Danish public libraries risk substantiating an already existing and problematic polarisation between technologically capable and incapacitated groups of people. Originality/value The digital transformation of society has only just begun. Therefore, it is important to examine the consequences of the transition to digital media types for central cultural institution such as the public libraries. The present study is an early and minor contribution to the illumination of a process requiring many more and large-scale studies.

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Democracy, digitisation and public libraries

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2021

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“…To complement the existing research contributions from Scandinavian researchers (Bergström et al, 2017;Colbjørnsen, 2017;Grøn & Balling, 2016;Wallin, 2019;Worsøe-Schmidt, 2018, a significant part of the data gathered for the following historical accounts comes from grey literature, which is defined as literature produced at all levels of government, academics, business and industry, in both print and electronic formats, but which is not controlled by commercial publishers and the publishing is not the primary activity of the producing body (Farace & Schöpfel, 2010). In the following historical summaries, the grey literature consists of international overviews of e-lending developments (Eblida, 2022;Mount, 2014Mount, , 2016Whitney & de Castell, 2017).…”

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“…Bergström et al (2017) shed light on how the Swedish parliament and government considered e-books in libraries and how they see e-lending in the context of copyright, public lending right and EU regulations. In Denmark, a cultural policy frame is raised in the analysis of the media debate around the emergence of the platform e-Reolen, conducted by Grøn and Balling (2016); the frame in this context concerns the mission of public libraries which is to make books in all formats available for the public. Such a link is also made by Danish scholar Worsøe-Schmidt (2019).…”

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Forging a friction

Liguzinski

2023

NJLIS

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The article explores the development of e-lending models for digital books (e-books and digital audiobooks) in public libraries from a comparative perspective, analysing cases in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Special attention is placed on the actors involved in developing e-lending models and the variations across Scandinavia. First, the legal prerequisites of digital books, licensing culture and policy context are linked. Next, the phenomenon of e-lending and e-lending models are introduced and discussed as a form of artificial friction. Then, based on a review of international and Scandinavian grey literature, the paper provides three chronological overviews of e-lending model development, seen as an interplay between publishers and public libraries. The comparison highlights the similarities between the three countries but also differences in preference for a particular e-lending model in involvement of policy actors, and in pace and character of the analysed processes. Differences are primarily attributed to variances in established collaboration practices between the identified actors of cultural policy, to already existing regulatory frameworks, and to the maturity of the digital book market.

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“…Anden fase var forsøgene med udlån af e-bøger og adgang til fuldtekst databaser, der indledtes i perioden 2000 -2002 og som siden 2004, med variationer (se f.eks. Balling m.fl., 2014 s. 12; Grøn & Balling, 2016), har udgjort et fast bibliotekstilbud. Og tredje fase har vi vaeret i siden ca.…”

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“…Dahl & Mangen, 2015;Mangen & Kristiansen, 2013), 2) et mere domaenespecifikt perspektiv, der fokuserer på digitaliseringens konsekvenser for produktion, organisation og distribution af oplevelser, viden og information, herunder også den kunstneriske krydsbefrugtning, der finder sted mellem forskellige medieformer og dokumenttyper (se f.eks. Gram, 2012;Grøn & Balling, 2016;Nielsen, 2015), samt 3) et bredere kultursociologisk perspektiv, der vedrører digitale dokumenters potentialer i et senmoderne samfund (se f.eks. Grøn, 2010;Juncker, 2015;Mackey, 2012).…”

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Kulturformidlingens transformation - folkebibliotekernes formidling i en digital tid

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2018

NTIK

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The aim of this article is to investigate how the digital conversion that currently takes place in public libraries in Denmark, affects the perception of those cultural dissemination activities that result from the work with documents. My starting point is that the digital conversion means an increase in digital documents and that the characteristics of these documents differ so significantly from analog documents that it potentially means changes in both the practical handling and the conceptual universe associated with the designation, identification, and definition of practice. The study is conducted as a literature survey, where Johan Fjord Jensen (1988), Dag Solhjell (2001) and Jens Gudiksen (2005) constitute the theoretical framework and where eight public libraries’ digital strategies from region Midtjylland are analyzed on the basis of a heuristic approach to the discourse concept. The conclusion is that the eight digital strategies do not explicitly refer to concepts that traditionally denote the cultural activities of the public library (e.g. 'enlightenment' and 'cultural activity') but that these concepts are thematized and understood in new and more transmissive terms such as 'accessibility' 'usage frequency' and as 'need', 'consumption' and 'demand'. This happens because the eight strategies consider technology and the use of technology superior to content, which makes the strategies more part of the public libraries' legitimization work and less a part of the facilitation of people’s common actions in late modernity.

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Kampen om eReolen : Biblioteker, bogmarked og framing af det litterære kredsløb

Cited by 6 publications

References 2 publications

Democracy, digitisation and public libraries

Democracy, digitisation and public libraries

Forging a friction

Kulturformidlingens transformation - folkebibliotekernes formidling i en digital tid

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