This single case research was developed within a public library in Porto, Portugal, Biblioteca Municipal Almeida Garrett. Its main objective was to understand how public library readers interact with space, the Internet technology, and reading resources, and how these interactions shape the representations of what a public library is. This case was chosen because the library has a recent and renowned building, high reader use levels, and Internet access. The design of user profiles was an intermediate step, and then a partial result in the process of understanding provision and appropriation of technology, space, and reading resources (all media and supports) in a specific context. The construction of these profiles is presented and discuss...
Discusses how public library readers in Almeida Garrett, Porto, create a reading atmosphere, focusin...
In our increasingly globalized world, the space of the public library is changing. This poster sheds...
This review examines selected methods for studying the use of public spaces in libraries, including ...
This single case research was developed within a public library in Porto, Portugal, Biblioteca Munic...
This single case research was developed within a public library in Porto, Portugal, Biblioteca Munic...
User profiles were designed through a qualitative approach to a case study of a public library, star...
May the changes in the representations of the public library be propitiated by readers' appropriatio...
A theoretically orientated and empirically supported research is presented, exploring and developing...
In our digitalized world, there are ongoing discussions about the public library as a physical place...
Until 2001, people in Porto, Portugal could only visit or borrow books from one library − São Lázaro...
"May the changes in the representations of the public library be propitiated by readers' appropriati...
This thesis is a user research study of emerging issues in the use of libraries as public spaces and...
This thesis is based on the question of how ideas expressed in the documents that control public lib...
This Master’s thesis investigates patrons’ information-seeking behaviour in physical libraries. Info...
The purpose of this Master’s thesis is to examine the function of public libraries on the social web...
Discusses how public library readers in Almeida Garrett, Porto, create a reading atmosphere, focusin...
In our increasingly globalized world, the space of the public library is changing. This poster sheds...
This review examines selected methods for studying the use of public spaces in libraries, including ...
This single case research was developed within a public library in Porto, Portugal, Biblioteca Munic...
This single case research was developed within a public library in Porto, Portugal, Biblioteca Munic...
User profiles were designed through a qualitative approach to a case study of a public library, star...
May the changes in the representations of the public library be propitiated by readers' appropriatio...
A theoretically orientated and empirically supported research is presented, exploring and developing...
In our digitalized world, there are ongoing discussions about the public library as a physical place...
Until 2001, people in Porto, Portugal could only visit or borrow books from one library − São Lázaro...
"May the changes in the representations of the public library be propitiated by readers' appropriati...
This thesis is a user research study of emerging issues in the use of libraries as public spaces and...
This thesis is based on the question of how ideas expressed in the documents that control public lib...
This Master’s thesis investigates patrons’ information-seeking behaviour in physical libraries. Info...
The purpose of this Master’s thesis is to examine the function of public libraries on the social web...
Discusses how public library readers in Almeida Garrett, Porto, create a reading atmosphere, focusin...
In our increasingly globalized world, the space of the public library is changing. This poster sheds...
This review examines selected methods for studying the use of public spaces in libraries, including ...