Peer Reviewed
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Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
2019
Abstract
Local governments around the world are exploring different strategies to become smarter: more efficient, sustainable, and highly interconnected.However, many actors outside government need to be involved too.For instance, public libraries have the potential to play a very important role in the development of smart and connected communities, due to their strong legitimacy in the eyes of citizens and the types of services and programs they are already providing, which in many cases go well beyond what could be considered traditional library services.This paper analyzes innovative practices in public libraries and argues that they already show the potential of public libraries to become catalysts for smart and connected communities.Together, these innovations represent an opportunity for governments and communities to engage and a new way to think about public libraries as very important actors in smart community initiatives.Mersand, Gasco-Hernandez, Udoh, Gil-Garcia (2018). Public libraries as anchor institutions in smart communities: Current practices and future development, Proceedings of the 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Retrieved from URL (under Creative Commons License):http://hdl.handle.net/10125/59766orhttps://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/59766
Recommended Citation
Mersand, Shannon; Gasco-Hernandez, Mila; Udoh, Emmanuel; and Gil-Garcia, J. Ramon, "Public Libraries as Anchor Institutions in Smart Communities: Current Practices and Future Development" (2019). Center for Technology in Government. 25.
https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/ctg/25
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