The curious case of travel-related events in public libraries
Public libraries should be community centres that nurture cultural development, lifelong learning and socializing. All of these aspects are typical for library events. This paper presents research into how travel-related events support a library’s mission, how they are organized, promoted and how u...
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Public libraries should be community centres that nurture cultural development, lifelong learning and socializing. All of these aspects are typical for library events. This paper presents research into how travel-related events support a library’s mission, how they are organized, promoted and how users view them. Several studies were conducted in Mestna knjižnica Ljubljana (MKL) at travel-related events in 2015 and 2016, including interviewing ten librarians and four users, questionnaire survey with 160 participants and analysis of 129 travel-related events. The results revealed that travel-related events are frequently organized in all branches of MKL, they are well visited and users are generally satisfied with them. However, there is still room for improvement in organization and promotion of events. Furthermore, this paper argues that this type of event is a good opportunity to help fulfil the library mission and bring people into the library.
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| spelling | doaj.art-09b6e6487b7f45858daa4b8b5ca1e2b52024-02-12T10:47:37ZengUniversity of ZadarLibellarium: Journal for the Research of Writing, Books, and Cultural Heritage Institutions1846-85271846-92132021-07-01111-210.15291/libellarium.v1i1.314The curious case of travel-related events in public librariesJan Pisanski0Katarina Švab1University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, SloveniaUniversity of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, Slovenia Public libraries should be community centres that nurture cultural development, lifelong learning and socializing. All of these aspects are typical for library events. This paper presents research into how travel-related events support a library’s mission, how they are organized, promoted and how users view them. Several studies were conducted in Mestna knjižnica Ljubljana (MKL) at travel-related events in 2015 and 2016, including interviewing ten librarians and four users, questionnaire survey with 160 participants and analysis of 129 travel-related events. The results revealed that travel-related events are frequently organized in all branches of MKL, they are well visited and users are generally satisfied with them. However, there is still room for improvement in organization and promotion of events. Furthermore, this paper argues that this type of event is a good opportunity to help fulfil the library mission and bring people into the library. https://morepress.unizd.hr/journals/index.php/libellarium/article/view/3672public librarieseventsadultstravel-related eventslifelong learning |
| spellingShingle | Jan Pisanski Katarina Švab The curious case of travel-related events in public libraries Libellarium: Journal for the Research of Writing, Books, and Cultural Heritage Institutions public libraries events adults travel-related events lifelong learning |
| title | The curious case of travel-related events in public libraries |
| title_full | The curious case of travel-related events in public libraries |
| title_fullStr | The curious case of travel-related events in public libraries |
| title_full_unstemmed | The curious case of travel-related events in public libraries |
| title_short | The curious case of travel-related events in public libraries |
| title_sort | curious case of travel related events in public libraries |
| topic | public libraries events adults travel-related events lifelong learning |
| url | https://morepress.unizd.hr/journals/index.php/libellarium/article/view/3672 |
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