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Social Network Analysis: Making Public Library Communities Visible

verfasst von : Deborah Hicks, Mary M. Cavanagh, Amy VanScoy

Erschienen in: Sustainable Digital Communities

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This paper argues for applying social network analysis (SNA) theoretically and methodologically to study information organizations, specifically the contemporary public library and its network relations with its communities. A brief review of SNA’s origins, theoretical underpinnings, and key concepts is followed by a discussion of why and how public library research could benefit from taking this perspective, and the multiple options available for defining the library-user relational tie as the unit of analysis. Constraints affecting data collection and analysis are also noted.

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Metadaten
Titel
Social Network Analysis: Making Public Library Communities Visible
verfasst von
Deborah Hicks
Mary M. Cavanagh
Amy VanScoy
Copyright-Jahr
2020
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43687-2_74

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