2020

Libraries, Archives
and Museums
as Democratic Spaces
in a Digital Age
|Edited by
Ragnar Audunson, Herbjørn Andresen, Cicilie Fagerlid,
Erik Henningsen, Hans-Christoph Hobohm,
Henrik Jochumsen, Håkon Larsen, and Tonje Vold
ISBN 978-3-11-062954-5
378 pp

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Contents
Acknowledgments
Ragnar Audunson, Herbjørn Andresen, Cicilie Fagerlid, Erik Henningsen,
Hans-Christoph Hobohm, Henrik Jochumsen, and Håkon Larsen
1 Introduction – Physical Places and Virtual Spaces:
Libraries, Archives and Museums in a Digital Age|1
Part I: Policies
Kerstin Rydbeck and Jamie Johnston
2 LAM institutions: a Cross-country Comparison of Legislation
and Statistics on Services and Use|25
Erik Henningsen and Håkon Larsen
3 The Digitalization Imperative: Sacralization of Technology
in LAM Policies|53
Roger Blomgren
4 The Institutions Go Digital|73
Sigrid Stokstad
5 Norwegian National Policies for Digitalization in the LAM Sector –
Imperative and Implementation|91
Máté Tóth
6 Organization and Funding of Digitization
in the Visegrád Countries|111
Andreas Vårheim, Roswitha Skare, and Sigrid Stokstad
7 Institutional Convergence and Divergence in Norwegian Cultural Policy:
Central Government LAM Organization 1999–2019|133
Part II: Professions
Ragnar Audunson, Hans-Christoph Hobohm, and Máté Tóth
8 LAM Professionals and the Public Sphere|165
VIII | Contents
Herbjørn Andresen, Isto Huvila, and Sigrid Stokstad
9 Perceptions and Implications of User Participation and Engagement
in Libraries, Archives and Museums|185
Roswitha Skare
10 Like, Share and Comment! The Use of Facebook by Public Libraries
and Museums: A Case Study from Tromsø, Norway|207
Kjell Ivar Skjerdingstad
11 Reading Between the Shelves – the Library as Perspective in Life
and Profession|225
Part III: Users
Andreas Vårheim, Henrik Jochumsen, Casper Hvenegaard Rasmussen,
and Kerstin Rydbeck
12 The Use of LAM Institutions in the Digital Age|247
Hans-Christoph Hobohm
13 Libraries and Democracy in Germany.
As Perceived by the Public in Contrast to the Professionals|271
Cicilie Fagerlid
14 Democratic Coexistence, Tiny Publics and Participatory Emancipation
at the Public Library|285
Tonje Vold and Sunniva Evjen
15 Being, Learning, Doing: A Palace for the Children?|305
Geir Grenersen
16 Libraries and the Sámi population in Norway – Assimilation
and Resistance|325
Erik Henningsen and Håkon Larsen
17 The Joys of Wiki Work: Craftsmanship, Flow and Self-externalization
in a Digital Environment|345
The Authors|363
Index|367