TY - GEN
T1 - Public libraries as anchor institutions in smart communities
T2 - 52nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2019
AU - Mersand, Shannon
AU - Gasco-Hernandez, Mila
AU - Udoh, Emmanuel
AU - Gil-Garcia, J. Ramon
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE Computer Society. All rights reserved.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - 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 argue 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.
AB - 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 argue 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.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85087559656
T3 - Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
SP - 3305
EP - 3314
BT - Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2019
A2 - Bui, Tung X.
PB - IEEE Computer Society
Y2 - 8 January 2019 through 11 January 2019
ER -