public libraries as knowledge hubs in informational world cities
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Public Libraries as Knowledge Hubs
in Informational World Cities
By Agnes Mainka
Informational World City?Dominated by Space of Flows
Informational World City?Dominated by Space of Flows
Power
Informational World City?Dominated by Space of Flows
Power
Money
Informational World City?Dominated by Space of Flows
Power
Money
Information
Informational World City!
SMART CITY
Creative CITY
Knowledge CITY
Digital CITY
Ubiquitous CITY
ECO-CITY
Informational World City?
Why are
Public Libraries Important?
CollegeDegrees360
Informational World Cities are Prototypical Cities of the
Knowledge Society
Andrea Allen Joachim S. Müller David Sittig
and sexy
Soft Location Factor
Economic Valueof Public Libraries
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Public Library as …
brewbooks
Public Library as Service
24/7 access to the library
transfer of knowledge
lifelong learning
brewbooks
Public Library as Service
for the
Knowledge Society
Physical Digital
Empirical Investigation
Online Data collection:
October, 2012 – December, 2012
Visits of the most libraries & Interviews:
June 2010 – May 2014
Public Library as Service
Physical
Space
Learning
Engagement
0 20 40 60 80 100
learning spaces
meeting spaces
working spaces
children's
spaces
Drinks / Food
%
n = 31 cities
Do all Libraries offer Bookshelves?Physical
Library = Landmark?
Amsterdam
Physical
Sao Paulo
Look InsidePhysical
Technology Inside
Amsterdam
Physical
Toronto
Maker SpacePhysical
Maker Space
Chicago
Physical
Digital
24/7 Access
E-Learning
Online Engagement nate bolt
0 20 40 60 80 100
Web-OPAC
Web-OPAC in English
e-journals
e-books
digital images
audio books
music
e-magazines
videos
newspapers
bibliographic databases
own digitized documents…
%n = 29 cities
24/7 Access
Are E-Resources Accessible?
Digital
0 10 20 30 40 50
video guide
seminars
text documents
FAQ
%
S
n = 30 cities
How To?
Are (E-)Guides Accessible?
Digital
Amount
of
Account
sJoin through Social Media?
BlogBlogs
n = 31 cities (Have any Social Media Account)
Digital
Amount
of
Account
sJoin through Social Media?
BlogBlogs
n = 31 cities (Have any Social Media Account)
Ø over 200 million monthly
active users in 2014
Digital
Amount
of
Account
sJoin through Social Media?
BlogBlogs
n = 31 cities (Have any Social Media Account)
Both reached over 1 billion active users in 2013
Digital
0
5
10
15
20
25
30Pa
ris
Los
Ang
eles
Mel
bourn
e
Chicago
Toky
o
Lond
on
Sing
apo
re
New
York
Vanc
ouver
Mont
real
Toro
nto
San
Franc
isco
Sao P
aulo
Bost
on
Amst
erdam
Stockh
olm
Vienn
a
Seoul
Hel
sink
i
aver
age
post
s pe
r day
average # tweets average # retweets
Dayli Activity on Twitter
n = 19 cities
Digital
Paris on Twitter
Reach peers
Digital
Paris on Twitter
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500
tweets followings followers mentions
@user
Posting Content
Communication
Digital
Activity on Facebook
n = 23 cities
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4Amst
erdam
Berl
inBo
ston
Chicago
Frank
furt
Hel
sink
iKu
ala
Lumpu
rLo
ndon
Los
Ang
eles
Mel
bourn
eMont
real
Munich
New
York
Paris
San
Franc
isco
Sao P
aulo
Seoul
Sing
apo
reSt
ockh
olm
Toky
oTo
ront
oVanc
ouver
Vienn
a
aver
age
post
s pe
r day
Digital
More than 12000 likes
Sao Paulo on Facebook
Digital
Sao Paulo on Facebook
Posting Content
Communication
Digital
for the
Knowledge Society
LIBRARY
for the
Knowledge Society
LIBRARY
Information Literacy
Maria Elena
for the
Knowledge Society
LIBRARY
Information Network
for the
Knowledge Society
LIBRARY
Business Partnership
for the
Knowledge Society
LIBRARY
Repository andArchives
Glen Van Etten
for the
Knowledge Society
LIBRARY
Access Gateway
for the
Knowledge Society
LIBRARY
Re-Creation andRecreation
for the
Knowledge Society
LIBRARY
Create your own … HUB
Co-Researcher:
Prof. Wolfgang G. Stock
Prof. Isabella Peters
Lisa Orszullok
Sarah Hartmann
Anika Stallmann Presented by:
Agnes Mainka
Email ME: [email protected]
Tweet ME: @Agnieszka_Em
Literature
Mainka, A., Hartmann, S., Orszullok, L., Peters, I., Stallmann, A., & Stock, W.G. (2013). Public libraries in the knowledge society:
Core services of libraries in informational world cities. Libri, 63(4), 295-319.
Peters, I., Hartmann, S., & Mainka, A. (2013). Social Media Use and Outreach of Selected Public Libraries in Informational
World Cities. In I. Huvila (ed.), Proceedings of the Second Association for Information Science and Technology
ASIS&T European Workshop, Åbo/Turku, Finland (pp. 79-93). Skrifter utgivna av Informationsvetenskap vid Åbo
Akademi Vol. 2. Åbo: Åbo Akademi University.
Orszullok, L., Stallmann, A., Mainka, A., & Stock, W.G. (2012). Core Services of Digital and Physical Libraries in Informational
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