This paper focuses on the essential role of libraries as providers of cultural welfare within local societies. The pandemic storm, with its consequences of lockdown, audience’s limitations, new social distances and barriers is underlying the loss of many social functions that in the last years appeared completely obvious and natural for libraries. Some of this services and functions in the next future probably will be re-designed relying on more developed digital technologies, but for the large part of social functions there is no alternative in taking place inside a physical and material space, built to welcome people, to offer the best condition for cultural and intercultural dialogue, to protect and nurture societal networks. Also the us...
La funció social de la biblioteca pública és un factor intrínsec a la seva essència i als seus valor...
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the general reasons for the crisis in Italy's cont...
Presentación realizada en el Foro Internacional "Leggere è comunità", celebrado en Bari (Italia) ent...
The paper traces some professional choices that guided the management of Italian libraries over the ...
Welfare is dead, long live welfare! Public libraries between welfare and social value The debate on...
Finally, it seems like there are no obstacles to the fulfilment of the public library original dream...
A partire dal dibattito sulle ricadute della grave emergenza sanitaria da COVID-19 nel mondo della ...
A partire dal dibattito sulle ricadute della grave emergenza sanitaria da COVID-19 nel mondo della c...
L’articolo riprende un ragionamento cominciato su questa stessa rivista a proposito del ruolo del tu...
Le biblioteche pubbliche sono per tradizione presidi di democrazia dove, attraverso i libri, è poss...
Starting from the changes occurred in the larger environment libraries work in, the article deals wi...
The article investigates the situation of the Danish libraries, starting with the political and cult...
La cosa più "sociale" e utile che le biblioteche possano fare è - oggi come ieri - aiutare i cittadi...
The paper reflects on the future of libraries, moving from Disegnare il futuro della biblioteca: lin...
Focusing on an idea of accessibility as inclusiveness, this article examines libraries as non-exclud...
La funció social de la biblioteca pública és un factor intrínsec a la seva essència i als seus valor...
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the general reasons for the crisis in Italy's cont...
Presentación realizada en el Foro Internacional "Leggere è comunità", celebrado en Bari (Italia) ent...
The paper traces some professional choices that guided the management of Italian libraries over the ...
Welfare is dead, long live welfare! Public libraries between welfare and social value The debate on...
Finally, it seems like there are no obstacles to the fulfilment of the public library original dream...
A partire dal dibattito sulle ricadute della grave emergenza sanitaria da COVID-19 nel mondo della ...
A partire dal dibattito sulle ricadute della grave emergenza sanitaria da COVID-19 nel mondo della c...
L’articolo riprende un ragionamento cominciato su questa stessa rivista a proposito del ruolo del tu...
Le biblioteche pubbliche sono per tradizione presidi di democrazia dove, attraverso i libri, è poss...
Starting from the changes occurred in the larger environment libraries work in, the article deals wi...
The article investigates the situation of the Danish libraries, starting with the political and cult...
La cosa più "sociale" e utile che le biblioteche possano fare è - oggi come ieri - aiutare i cittadi...
The paper reflects on the future of libraries, moving from Disegnare il futuro della biblioteca: lin...
Focusing on an idea of accessibility as inclusiveness, this article examines libraries as non-exclud...
La funció social de la biblioteca pública és un factor intrínsec a la seva essència i als seus valor...
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the general reasons for the crisis in Italy's cont...
Presentación realizada en el Foro Internacional "Leggere è comunità", celebrado en Bari (Italia) ent...