Open AccessWhatever it Takes: A Close Examination of the Roles and Services Public Libraries Provide During Community Crises
Author(s) -
S. A. Vander Kooy
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
proceedings of the annual conference of cais
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2562-7589
DOI - 10.29173/cais1075
Subject(s) - summative assessment , order (exchange) , resilience (materials science) , public relations , psychological resilience , political science , business , sociology , formative assessment , psychology , social psychology , pedagogy , physics , finance , thermodynamics
This paper explores the roles and services public libraries provide during community crises. This is accomplished through a directed and summative content analysis of news articles concerning the services provided by public libraries during various crises. Seven roles and four adaptive capacities are closely examined, including how they have changed over time and whether or not they differ depending on the type of crisis, in order to attain a thorough understanding of the essential roles and services public libraries can offer to enhance their communities’ resilience.