Leo Appleton, Centre for Social Informatics, Part time PhD student, First year “The value and impact of public libraries within the Information Society.

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Leo Appleton, Centre for Social Informatics, Part time PhD student, First year “The value and impact of public libraries within the Information Society : their contribution to citizenship development.”

Research context Information Society context o Information and knowledge o Informed citizenship

We don’t need libraries! A product of the Information Society is the Digital Library o Online information explosion o Social media o Accessibility and availability We don’t need physical libraries

… but I’m a librarian!

Nice to have? UK wide public library closures Other services are prioritised ‘Big Society’ approach – using volunteers to staff public libraries Will the closed libraries ever return?

Impact!

Social impact Libraries allow individuals to develop as citizens and to access information and skills which can advantage them.

economic impact

citizenship Focus on citizenship Do citizens benefit? Do they develop? Are they able to access basic information? Do they benefit in terms of employability or intellectuality?

Key questions To what extent is an individual’s position advantaged through using information and engaging with the public library service? What is the impact of using a public library service on individual and community citizenship?

Social capital

intellectual capital

human capital

what will I do? – forming my method Continual literature review Work with professional association – Cilip Talk to stakeholders o Library patrons (key group) o Library staff o Library directors / Chief librarians?

where? Liverpool London Edinburgh

how? Cohort approach Locations / local authorities representative demographically Longitudinal over three years (each group revisited) Focus group approaches Liverpool pilot Sept 2014

what will I find?

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