Open AccessWhat do people do when their library closes down?
Author(s) -
Richard Proctor,
Bob Usherwood,
Gill Sobczyk
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
library and information research/library and information research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2752-7336
pISSN - 1756-1086
DOI - 10.29173/lirg388
Subject(s) - robustness (evolution) , closure (psychology) , library science , library classification , public funding , library management , political science , computer science , public administration , law , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
This article describes British Library funded research into the Sheffield libraries strike last year. The aim of the research was to investigate the impact of the temporary closure of public library services on user behaviour and attitudes. It examines the robustness of public library use and how
easily previous patterns of use were resumed after the strike. Assertions in previous research about the effect of the public library on the local infrastructure are also tested. The full Report is available from the British Library, (Research and Innovation Report 6224).