TY - GEN
T1 - The Role of Public Libraries in Developing Smart Cities and Communities
T2 - 22nd Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research: Digital Innovations for Public Values: Inclusive Collaboration and Community, DGO 2021
AU - Yerden, Xiaoyi
AU - Gil-Garcia, Ramon
AU - Gasco-Hernandez, Mila
AU - Burke, Brian
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 ACM.
PY - 2021/6/9
Y1 - 2021/6/9
N2 - The role of public libraries in communities across the United States has evolved over time from book repositories to anchor institutions with great potential in contributing to the development of smart cities and communities. However, current literature on smart cities mainly focuses on the definitions of smart city and some frameworks for smart city development, and refers to public libraries in a relatively limited way. In addition, there is no clarity in terms of how local governments and public libraries value the potential benefits, costs, and success factors of public libraries' participation in building smart cities and communities. Therefore, based on a comparison of survey responses from local governments and public libraries in the United States, this research explores local governments' and public libraries' perceptions in relation to the characteristics of smart cities and communities. The research also analyzes the role of public libraries in developing smart cities and communities, as well as the benefits, costs, challenges, and success factors of public libraries' participation in developing smart cities and communities.
AB - The role of public libraries in communities across the United States has evolved over time from book repositories to anchor institutions with great potential in contributing to the development of smart cities and communities. However, current literature on smart cities mainly focuses on the definitions of smart city and some frameworks for smart city development, and refers to public libraries in a relatively limited way. In addition, there is no clarity in terms of how local governments and public libraries value the potential benefits, costs, and success factors of public libraries' participation in building smart cities and communities. Therefore, based on a comparison of survey responses from local governments and public libraries in the United States, this research explores local governments' and public libraries' perceptions in relation to the characteristics of smart cities and communities. The research also analyzes the role of public libraries in developing smart cities and communities, as well as the benefits, costs, challenges, and success factors of public libraries' participation in developing smart cities and communities.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85108179713&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/3463677.3463701
DO - 10.1145/3463677.3463701
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85108179713
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
SP - 252
EP - 263
BT - Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research
A2 - Lee, Jooho
A2 - Pereira, Gabriela Viale
A2 - Hwang, Sungsoo
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
Y2 - 9 June 2021 through 11 June 2021
ER -