New Perspective on the Historical Development of the American Libraries

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24500294
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Library and information science/Humanistic social informatics
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: KAWASAKI Yoshitaka 京都大学, 教育学研究科, 教授 (80149517)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): YOSHIDA Yuko 筑波大学, 図書館情報メディア研究科, 教授 (30292569) ; KOBAYASHI Taku 実践女子大学, 文学部, 准教授 (70260643) ; MIURA Taro 明治大学, 文学部, 准教授 (40361597) ; DONKAI Saori 筑波大学, 図書館情報メディア研究科, 准教授 (60523173)
• Research Collaborator: ASATO Noriko ; KUNO Kazuko
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: アメリカ / 公立図書館 / 図書館史 / アクセス / プライヴァシー / 社会的責任 / インターネット / マイノリティ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The present study has clarified historical development of the library from the middle of the 19th century to the 21st century by a new perspective. Values "access" and "confidentiality" joined basic traditional value "service" in the 1960's. These three values were deepened toward the end of the 20th century. However, with entering the 21st century, social and technological changes have made "access" and "confidentiality" decreased. Under these circumstances, many innovative nontraditional services are developed and tried such as learning commons, library as a third place, and so on. The present study empirically clarified such historical development.

Free Research Field

図書館情報学