Acknowledgments

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgments V
3. Contents VII
4. 1 Introduction – Physical Places and Virtual Spaces: Libraries, Archives and Museums in a Digital Age 1
5. Part I: Policies
6. 2 LAM institutions: a Cross-country Comparison of Legislation and Statistics on Services and Use 25
7. 3 The Digitalization Imperative: Sacralization of Technology in LAM Policies 53
8. 4 The Institutions Go Digital 73
9. 5 Norwegian National Policies for Digitalization in the LAM Sector – Imperative and Implementation 91
10. 6 Organization and Funding of Digitization in the Visegrád Countries 111
11. 7 Institutional Convergence and Divergence in Norwegian Cultural Policy: Central Government LAM Organization 1999–2019 133
12. Part II: Professions
13. 8 LAM Professionals and the Public Sphere 165
14. 9 Perceptions and Implications of User Participation and Engagement in Libraries, Archives and Museums 185
15. 10 Like, Share and Comment! The Use of Facebook by Public Libraries and Museums: A Case Study from Tromsø, Norway 207
16. 11 Reading Between the Shelves – the Library as Perspective in Life and Profession 225
17. Part III: Users
18. 12 The Use of LAM Institutions in the Digital Age 247
19. 13 Libraries and Democracy in Germany. As Perceived by the Public in Contrast to the Professionals 271
20. 14 Democratic Coexistence, Tiny Publics and Participatory Emancipation at the Public Library 285
21. 15 Being, Learning, Doing: A Palace for the Children? 305
22. 16 Libraries and the Sámi population in Norway – Assimilation and Resistance 325
23. 17 The Joys of Wiki Work: Craftsmanship, Flow and Self-externalization in a Digital Environment 345
24. The Authors 363
25. Index 367