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Delica, Kristian; Elbeshausen, Hans – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2013
Introduction: Our paper describes three examples of how public libraries in at-risk-neighbourhoods have worked with social innovations in order to develop and strengthen their services for minority groups. The libraries were chosen because they are frontrunners in the field of cultural diversity and social inclusion in Denmark. Method: The…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Environment, Neighborhoods
Kondrup, Ruth – 2002
The basic ideas of the project described in this paper are to establish Internet connections to libraries in developing countries, to give access to information and to organize training of staff. Technical solutions with radio and microwave Internet connections have been established. Access to on-line journals has been established by the PERI…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Internet, Library Development
Nielsen, Gyda Skat – 2002
The number of elderly people in Denmark continues to grow, which means there is an increasing need for special library services to those elderly who are not able to come to the library because of physical or mental limitations. This paper uses the practices of Sollerod Public Libraries (Sollerod, Denmark) to frame the discussion of the following:…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Foreign Countries, Frail Elderly, Homebound
Hansen, Lone – 2001
Bibliotek.dk is a development project, resulting in a World Wide Web site, that gives the Danish citizen access via the Internet to search and order material in the collections of Danish public and research libraries. The citizen decides himself or herself which library he or she wants to collect the material from. Bibliotek.dk is developed in…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Government Libraries
Bang, Tove – 2001
This paper presents a Knowledge Sharing project at the Aarhus School of Business (Denmark). As a result of a close cooperation between the Faculty of Modern Languages and the Library of the Aarhus School of Business, a Learning Resource Centre (LRC) is being established. The LRC serves as an exploratorium for the development and testing of new…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Business Administration Education, Cooperative Programs, Educational Environment
Clausen, Helge – 1996
This paper presents the results of an empirical survey conducted in the winter of 1995-96 among 413 Danish Internet users (business people, higher education/research and students). Data from a recent Danish Mediacenter Internet survey (n=2981) are also included. Findings indicate that women tend to use the Internet to solve well-defined problems,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries
Bjoernshauge, Lars – 1999
The traditional mode of operation of academic libraries is in crisis due to a combination of zero growth funding, rapidly escalating pricing on information resources (especially scientific journals), necessary investments in technology and human resource development, and increasing customer expectations. These issues are addressed as they relate…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Costs, Databases