The paper examines the role of public libraries in promoting knowledge, supporting citizenship and facilitating individual – as well as community – development.Edgar Morin’s concept of “reliance” suggests the ability of contextualizing information, transforming it into knowledge, and establishing a connection between separate knowledge processes. Libraries can borrow several ideas from this concept, proposing themselves as active branches of a new educational system which should provide not only access to information, but also the opportunities and tools that today are essential for a critical reading of the world, life, and society.Public libraries have become tightly entwined with democracy, citizenship and social rights – three major iss...
The article focuses on some unknown aspects of Sardinia’s library history and in particular on the r...
The essay proposes a reflection on the topics covered during the conference “The privilege of the wr...
The scientific and technological progress as well as the deep social changes experienced between the...
Qual è la funzione delle biblioteche pubbliche rispetto alle problematiche della conoscenza, della c...
The article dwells on three main topics: access to knowledge, social well-being and the role of libr...
Many professionals who work in the library field agree that nowadays the Italian library system is e...
Public policies on libraries and copyright are aimed at fostering knowledge and protecting everyone’...
Today libraries face, among others, two interlinked challenges: on the one hand the abundance of inf...
The paper revolves around the key issues of ‘multiplicity’ and ‘exchange’. Multiple are the training...
One of the most recognizable trends of our globalized world is the extraordinary technological devel...
The paper analyzes the role and impact of public libraries in contemporary society as it has been di...
In Italy, the debate on personal libraries of eminent historic figures intensified in the first deca...
During the 80s the Italian debate on specialized libraries – nowadays gone out of fashion – was stro...
The libraries affiliated to the Ministry for cultural heritage and activities are an uncommonly hete...
The reviewed book – Alberto Petrucciani's Libri e libertà: biblioteche e bibliotecari nell'Italia co...
The article focuses on some unknown aspects of Sardinia’s library history and in particular on the r...
The essay proposes a reflection on the topics covered during the conference “The privilege of the wr...
The scientific and technological progress as well as the deep social changes experienced between the...
Qual è la funzione delle biblioteche pubbliche rispetto alle problematiche della conoscenza, della c...
The article dwells on three main topics: access to knowledge, social well-being and the role of libr...
Many professionals who work in the library field agree that nowadays the Italian library system is e...
Public policies on libraries and copyright are aimed at fostering knowledge and protecting everyone’...
Today libraries face, among others, two interlinked challenges: on the one hand the abundance of inf...
The paper revolves around the key issues of ‘multiplicity’ and ‘exchange’. Multiple are the training...
One of the most recognizable trends of our globalized world is the extraordinary technological devel...
The paper analyzes the role and impact of public libraries in contemporary society as it has been di...
In Italy, the debate on personal libraries of eminent historic figures intensified in the first deca...
During the 80s the Italian debate on specialized libraries – nowadays gone out of fashion – was stro...
The libraries affiliated to the Ministry for cultural heritage and activities are an uncommonly hete...
The reviewed book – Alberto Petrucciani's Libri e libertà: biblioteche e bibliotecari nell'Italia co...
The article focuses on some unknown aspects of Sardinia’s library history and in particular on the r...
The essay proposes a reflection on the topics covered during the conference “The privilege of the wr...
The scientific and technological progress as well as the deep social changes experienced between the...