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Public Library Studies Lab (Yuko Yoshida)
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The lab explores the significance of public libraries in local communities.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring the potential of public libraries through libraries in Northern Europe and the United States.
The Public Library Studies Lab studies the significance of public libraries in local communities, focusing mainly on public libraries in Northern Europe.
How American public libraries have developed over the course of history is also one of its research topics.
To view libraries from diverse perspectives, the lab also takes into account issues such as cultural diversity, autonomous learning, and reading communities.
In the graduate school's faculty list, library history and lifelong learning are also given as research themes.
Key terms
- Public library
- A library established and operated with tax funds. Professor Yoshida studies its significance in local communities
ResearchResearch themes
The lab considers what public libraries mean in local communities, drawing on public libraries in Northern Europe and the history of American public libraries. It views libraries from diverse perspectives and examines the potential of public libraries.
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- ProfessorYuko Yoshida
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Library desk, Reading Room, Mitchell Building” Pix Magazine Photographer / Public domain (cropped)
- The Significance and Potential of Public Libraries: “Helsinki Central Library Oodi” Sino Yu / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Library Cultural History Lab (Saori Donkai)): “Northeast Library reading room washington dc” Cornellrockey / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Information Services (Reference Services) Lab (Ichiro Ohba)): “Simon Room mezzanine bookshelves” MSwierenga / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (European Libraries Lab): “Hamamatsu Municipal Sakuma Library reading room ac (2)” Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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