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Since their inception, public libraries in the United States have been understood to be free for all to use. Yet throughout their history, socio-political currents and developments limited or barred access for certain segments of the population. The paper looks at the accessibility for women and Black Americans during the 1850–1950 period, taking into account the image of women in the Victorian and New South era, as well as the Jim-Crow segregation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper chronicles the introduction of the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) in Swedish libraries as part of a project of the Swedish National Library (Kungliga biblioteket) in the years 2009 - 2012. First a quick overview of the current state of affairs in terms of subject indexing at Swedish libraries is presented, followed by a brief historical outline and a cursory description of both the classification structure of SAB (classification system in Swedish libraries) and the keyword system SAO (Svenska ämnesord). The objectives of introducing DDC and some implementation issues are described, and a final section analyzes why DDC has found widespread use in scientific libraries but is, as yet, rarely used in Sweden's public libraries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper describes the development of the library educational programme of the Mannheim municipal library during the last ten years. The focus lies on the factors human resources, organizational change and space required to be effective as a partner in education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

At the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, a research project initiated by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy deals with the use of mobile technologies in public libraries, in particular Augmented Reality. This paper represents the project, relating it to the paradigm change in library work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]