Civil Commitment and the Role of Public Librarians

Yerbury, H; Henninger, M

Civil Commitment and the Role of Public Librarians

Yerbury, H

Henninger, M

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Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Communications in Computer and Information Science, 2018, 810 pp. 376 - 385
Issue Date:: 2018-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Yerbury, H https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1525-3268	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Henninger, M https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8366-3867	en_US
dc.date.available	2017-09-04	en_US
dc.date.issued	2018-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Communications in Computer and Information Science, 2018, 810 pp. 376 - 385	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9783319743332	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1865-0929	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/125466
dc.description.abstract	© 2018, Springer International Publishing AG. Western culture has developed based on notions that truth, by overcoming falsehood, underpins democracy. Libraries and librarians have played an important part in the provision of information to support democratic processes. This study explored information services offered by the small number of public librarians whose role is to provide information services to employees of local governments, elected representatives and to the general public in Sydney, Australia and their perceptions of their role in supporting the potential for civic literacy to contribute to the quality of public policies and democracy. In the interviews, librarians emphasised the importance of awareness-raising of their role in providing information; some perceived opportunities to highlight existing partnerships or to develop new ones; and community discussions of fake news were seen to give scope for repositioning the services of librarians. The regime of truth relating information access to democratic principles has not yet been replaced.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Communications in Computer and Information Science	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1007/978-3-319-74334-9_40	en_US
dc.title	Civil Commitment and the Role of Public Librarians	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.citation.volume	810	en_US
utslib.for	0807 Library and Information Studies	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/IKM and Digital Studies Program
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	810	en_US

Abstract:

© 2018, Springer International Publishing AG. Western culture has developed based on notions that truth, by overcoming falsehood, underpins democracy. Libraries and librarians have played an important part in the provision of information to support democratic processes. This study explored information services offered by the small number of public librarians whose role is to provide information services to employees of local governments, elected representatives and to the general public in Sydney, Australia and their perceptions of their role in supporting the potential for civic literacy to contribute to the quality of public policies and democracy. In the interviews, librarians emphasised the importance of awareness-raising of their role in providing information; some perceived opportunities to highlight existing partnerships or to develop new ones; and community discussions of fake news were seen to give scope for repositioning the services of librarians. The regime of truth relating information access to democratic principles has not yet been replaced.

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