Public Libraries
Angelina Göb, Peter Dirksmeier | 2026
From parks and libraries to pubs and schools, social infrastructures are the everyday places that bring people together, support community life, and foster connection. As interest in the concept grows, this chapter from a timely and accessible edited collection offers comprehensive insights into libraries as social infrastructures – their origins, their development and their practical implications.
Publications
- Date
- 28.05.2026
- Language
- English
- Publication Type
- Contribution to edited volume
- Audience
- Employees of political institutions and administrations (opens in new window), Political decision-makers (opens in new window), Scientists (opens in new window), Civil society multipliers (opens in new window)
- Sources
- Göb, Angelina; Dirksmeier, Peter. 2026. Public Libraries. In: Social Infrastructure in Neighbourhoods and Cities. Studying the Facilities that Sustain Community, Social Networks, and Trust. (Eds.) Alan Latham, Jack Layton, 43-54, Bristol: Bristol University Press.
- Additional Links
- To the publication (external link)
Contributing RISC authors
Work Packages
C_02
Multiple sections
Social Infrastructures in the Neighborhood Nexus: Perceptions and Practices of Social Cohesion in Urban Space
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