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    Unchain My Heart and Set Me Free: A New Civil Society Library Model

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    Authors
    Kelly, Matthew
    Date
    2017
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Kelly, M. 2017. Unchain My Heart and Set Me Free: A New Civil Society Library Model. International Review of Information Ethics. 26: pp. 134-137.
    Source Title
    International Review of Information Ethics
    Additional URLs
    http://www.i-r-i-e.net/inhalt/026/IRIE-26-Marx-12-2017-12.pdf
    ISSN
    1614-1687
    School
    School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry (MCASI)
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/67181
    Collection
    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    A new model of the public library is outlined that explicitly links it to its role in support of civil society. The model argues that the ongoing “chaining” of public libraries to direct government oversight and control is deleterious to their ability to actualize their potential. Collateral argument is made that that it is the civil society character rather than the simply free nature of these libraries which needs to be harnessed to help move the conceptualization of the sector away from a reactive model of client service toward a dynamic approach that integrates with the life experiences of clients.

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