October 2, 2025Open Access

On 'The Political Histories of UK Public Libraries and Access to Knowledge'

MEMartin Paul EveUniversity College Dublin

Key Points

Political histories shape the role of UK public libraries in providing access to knowledge, influencing community engagement.
Emerging frameworks in scholarly communications highlight historical infrastructures and the significance of open access.
This work is part of the COPIM project, focusing on enhancing public library access to information and resources.
Research indicates that understanding political contexts can lead to improved strategies for enhancing library services.

Abstract

This week for our COPIM project (https: //www. copim. ac. uk/) reading group we are turning to the forthcoming Stuart Lawson, 'The Political Histories of UK Public Libraries and Access to Knowledge', in Reassembling Scholarly Communications: Histories, Infrastructures, and Global Politics of Open Access_, ed. by Martin Paul Eve and Jonathan Gray (Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2020), pp. 161–72. This work is not yet published but will be openly

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Martin Paul Eve (Mon,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68de70f583cbc991d0a23620 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.59348/2c3c7-vhg86

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