Search Results - subject:"Public Library"

Promoting Rule Compliance in Daily-Life : Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment in the Public Libraries of Barcelona

Apesteguia, Jose; Funk, Patricia; Iriberri, Nagore - 2011

We study how to promote compliance with rules in everyday situations. Having access to unique data on the universe of users of all public libraries in Barcelona, we test the effect of sending email messages with different contents. We find that users return their items earlier if asked to do so...

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The Public Library's Role in Enabling E-Government: A View of Two Countries in the English-Speaking Caribbean

Smart, Cherry-Ann - In: International Journal of Public Administration in the … 3 (2016) 3, pp. 18-32

In most developed countries, linking citizens with e-government through Information Communication Technology (ICT) is an important social role for public libraries. Public libraries partner with government agencies; acting as intermediaries to bridge government with citizens in a way which adds...

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Libraries to the Rescue

Mabe, Michael R. - In: International Journal of Risk and Contingency … 5 (2016) 1, pp. 62-81

Emergency management professionals over the years have realized that preplanning and coordination is essential when mounting an effective reaction to a natural disaster. During Hurricane Katrina, professionals learned that preplanning and preparation must include a plan for responding to the...

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Schriften zum Bibliotheks- und Büchereiwesen in Sachsen-Anhalt

Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt - Halle, S. : Universitäts- u. Landesbibliothek; … - 1.1949 - 81.2000; 83.2002 -97 (2016)

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Public Libraries and Innovation in Greece: An Option or a Necessity?

Vassilakaki, Evgenia; Moniarou-Papaconstantinou, Valentini - In: Innovation in libraries and information services, (pp. 243-255). 2016

Purpose Innovation is proven to be an essential element of every organisation that wants to achieve survival and sustain its presence. Libraries as information organisations are transformed into innovation incubators because of the fluid information environment, the social and economic...

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Public Libraries and Social Inclusion: An Update from South Africa

Stilwell, Christine - In: Perspectives on libraries as institutions of human …, (pp. 119-146). 2016

examines public library social inclusion and poverty alleviation initiatives, and government conditional grants to public … via the grants and enable rigorous investigation of their impact and (ii) increased government support for public library … the grants’ effect on public library promotion of social inclusion and shows what is possible in a situation of historical …

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Library Services to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs): Strategies for More Proactive Approach by Public Libraries in Nigeria

Lawal, Vicki - In: Perspectives on libraries as institutions of human …, (pp. 93-117). 2016

Persons (IDPs) in Nigeria. It examines some of the challenges experienced by the public library system in ensuring equitable … community. Originality/value Few studies on the public library in Nigeria have focused on addressing problems of disadvantaged … access to information to such disadvantaged groups. It also looks at the concept of social exclusion in the context of public …

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Promoting rule compliance in daily-life : evidence from a randomized field experiment in the public libraries of Barcelona

Apesteguia, Jose; Funk, Patricia; Iriberri, Nagore - 2010

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Evaluating efficient public good provision : theory and evidence from a generalised conditional efficiency model for public libraries

De Witte, Kristof; Geys, Benny - 2010

Provision of most public goods (e.g., health care, libraries, education, police, fire protection, utilities) can be characterised by a two-stage production process. In the first stage, basic inputs (e.g., labour and capital) are used to generate service potential (e.g., opening hours,...

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The Impact of Public Library Use on Reading, Television, and Academic Outcomes

Bhatt, Rachana R. - 2010

public library use. To address the endogeneity of library use I use an IV approach where the instrument is a household …'s distance to their closest public library. Using data from the Current Population Survey, American Time Use Survey, and National …

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