Mobile Libraries in Greece: Historical Perspectives and the State of the Art
| Autor: | Georgios Bikos, Panagiota Papadimitriou |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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public libraries
mobile libraries education Engineering business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Βιβλιοθήκες ως φυσικές συλλογές Σχολικές Βιβλιοθήκες Social mission social rights Social rights Context (language use) Welfare state Public relations Libraries as physical collections School libraries State (polity) school libraries Law Phenomenon Institution General Materials Science access to culture business Function (engineering) welfare state media_common |
| Zdroj: | Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences Volume 147, 25 August 2014, Pages 376-382 3rd International Conference on Integrated Information (IC-ININFO) ScienceDirect |
| ISSN: | 1877-0428 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.07.114 |
| Popis: | Περιέχει το πλήρες κείμενο In this paper we discuss the phenomenon of mobile libraries with special reference to the Greek context. First we provide an overview of the history of mobile libraries internationally. Then we proceed to our case study presenting new data on the profile of the majority of mobile libraries’ users and on the operation mode of such a particular case of libraries in Greece. By way of conclusion we reflect on their current state providing an explanation for the reasons which have led to the decline of this institution in recent years. Lastly, we discuss the social mission of mobile libraries (which operate largely also as school libraries), attempting a correlation between the function of the welfare state and its obligations to citizens as an issue directly implicated to the future and present of mobile libraries. |
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