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How do public libraries function as meeting places?
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“Their study shows that public libraries function as multiple kinds of meeting place, including a public square, a setting for meeting diverse people, a public sphere, a place for joint activity, a metameeting place and a site for virtual meetings.”
From Public libraries as social infrastructure: An integrative review of community roles (2026) · cites this paper as Aabø et al., 2010
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“The library is not one kind of place; it hosts several layers of publicness simultaneously.”
From Public libraries as social infrastructure: An integrative review of community roles (2026) · cites this paper as Aabø et al., 2010
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“The first characteristic that public libraries are said to share with the public sphere is fulfillment of the three necessary and sufficient conditions: openness, common concern, and debate.”
From Governance, Legitimation, Commons: A Public Sphere Framework and Research Agenda for the Public Library Sector (2015) · cites this paper as Aabø et al. 2010
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Metadata
- Authors
- Aabø, S., Audunson, R., & Vårheim, A.
- Affiliations
- UiT The Arctic University of Norway (NO)
- Corresponding author
- Aabø, Svanhild
- Venue
- Library & Information Science Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2010-01
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 16-26
- ISSN
- 0164-0763 (ISSN-L)
- 0740-8188
- OpenAlex
- W2023951009
- Cited by
- 239
- References
- 40
- Citations by year
- 2026: 16 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 32 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 19 · 2019: 16 · 2018: 17 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 16 · 2015: 16 · 2014: 12 · 2013: 17 · 2012: 8
- FWCI
- 72.10
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Licence
- Locations
- Library & Information Science Research (publishedVersion)
- NORA - Norwegian Open Research Archives (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › Library Science and Administration
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › Library Science and Information Literacy
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › Web and Library Services
- Keywords
- public libraries, library as meeting place, library use, community participation, public sphere, virtual meetings, social inequality, active citizenship, multiculturalism, low income, low educational attainment
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