Perception of Public Libraries as Substantive Knowledge Organizations

Chatterjee, Sidharta and Samanta, Mousumi and Dey, Sujoy (2023): Perception of Public Libraries as Substantive Knowledge Organizations.

Abstract

In this paper, we examine how public libraries promote development of good reading habits among the users who come to access for information. It explores how far–in this digital age, public and academic libraries are able to meet the information needs of society. By developing a theoretical model of access to and usage of information based on axioms that set forth the role of public libraries in the services of society, we attempt to examine and analyze how PLs promote adult literacy drive that have positive contribution to society. Community public library systems are thus examined and their role model clearly decimated. We find that public libraries have still much relevance in supporting readers and promoting literacy drive. Our thinking is that, public libraries can aptly be considered as institutions of national importance in imparting education and knowledge to patrons which is necessary for the growth of learned society.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Education, public libraries, literacy drive, user access, knowledge society
• Subjects: L - Industrial Organization > L3 - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise; Y - Miscellaneous Categories > Y8 - Related Disciplines; Z - Other Special Topics > Z1 - Cultural Economics ; Economic Sociology ; Economic Anthropology

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