City library network knowledge management for social cohesion: The case of Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Barcelona, Spain. (March 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Giménez, Daniel García; Alsina, Lluis Soler
• Other Names: Bultrini Leda guest-editor.; Newman Wilda guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: IFLA journal. Volume 46:Number 1(2020)
• Page Start: 52
• Page End: 63
• Publication Date: 2020-03
• Subjects: Information and development -- information and society/culture -- knowledge management -- libraries and development -- libraries and society/culture -- principles of library and information science -- services to user populations; Comparative librarianship -- Periodicals; International librarianship -- Periodicals; Library cooperation -- Periodicals; Library science -- Periodicals; 020.9
• DOI: 10.1177/0340035219895994
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0340-0352

Abstract

In Santa Coloma de Gramenet (Catalonia, Spain) there is a network of four public libraries. They belong to the City, with technical assistance, strategic orientation and financial support from the provincial government, Diputació de Barcelona. These four libraries have been built in different historical periods and located in neighbourhoods with very unequal social backgrounds. They have been working on adapting their services to their neighbourhoods and as a network they have been moving on along the differences. Even so, the current information society challenges require a city library project in order to guarantee social cohesion and equal opportunities. This article tries to explain the strategy to achieve those goals, based on knowledge management and networking, transversal workshops and a shared communication circuit that so far has allowed this urban library network to extend and to renew services as well as to empower vulnerable sectors in accordance with the United Nations 2030 Agenda.