Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the shaping of public libraries as an
infrastructure for a sustainable public sphere through a comprehensive literature review …

It is common in the literature to see libraries characterized as public sphere institutions, but
the exact processes by which libraries support and engage in the public sphere remain …

History and case study are two diachronic research strategies commonly used to study
political discourse as it relates to public libraries. Though suitable for some studies, these …

Purpose The purpose of this research is to comprehensively describe the legitimacy of the
public library in the 21st century. Design/methodology/approach The research involved a …

Innovations are critical for public libraries but rarely does any primary research study the
scope and interpretation of the term “innovation” by public libraries. Also, few of the existing …

Purpose In this information age, demonstrating the significance of physical libraries is
increasingly important. The roles and functions of libraries have been discussed using the …

This study compares cultural policy, public libraries, and the public sphere in Norway, the
United States, and Japan. Results of the comparison indicate that Norway emphasizes …

Introduction. This theoretical and historical paper problematizes applications of the public
sphere concept to the study of public libraries. By working through identified problems, this …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze and re-direct recent schematic and
empirical scholarship on Habermas' theory of the public sphere in library and information …

Se realiza una crítica y una contracrítica o reafirmación del modelo de biblioteca como
ágora o tercer lugar. El trabajo surge a raíz de un artículo publicado en Le monde …