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Direct linkRasmussen, Casper Hvenegaard; Jochumsen, Henrik – Library Quarterly, 2007
The public library is a product of modernity that follows in the wake of industrialization, urbanization, and popular movements, while at the same time the public library itself supports the building up and development of the modern. This article will examine the arrival of modernity and the prerequisites for the rise of public libraries, as well…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Postmodernism, Library Development, Library Research
