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Performing Boundary Work: An Explora...

Williams, Rachel D.

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Performing Boundary Work: An Exploration of Public Library Workers' Provision of Health and Social Services Information to People Experiencing Homelessness.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Performing Boundary Work: An Exploration of Public Library Workers' Provision of Health and Social Services Information to People Experiencing Homelessness./
作者:	Williams, Rachel D.
出版者:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2017,
面頁冊數:	184 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-10(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International78-10A(E).
標題:	Library science. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10282562
ISBN:	9781369771602

Performing Boundary Work: An Exploration of Public Library Workers' Provision of Health and Social Services Information to People Experiencing Homelessness.
Williams, Rachel D.

Performing Boundary Work: An Exploration of Public Library Workers' Provision of Health and Social Services Information to People Experiencing Homelessness. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2017 - 184 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-10(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2017.

Public libraries are often considered welcoming spaces for people experiencing homelessness. For people experiencing homelessness, the public library offers a warm place to stay in the winter, and a cool place to spend time in the summer, as well as a variety of information services. In 1990, a lawsuit filed by Richard Kreimer against the city of Morristown, New Jersey reinvigorated discussions around the role of public libraries in providing services to people experiencing homelessness. I use boundary work theory to explore the experiences of public library workers as they provide health and social services information to people experiencing homelessness. Boundary work refers to the situations or activities in which public library staff are creating, negotiating, reinforcing, or crossing boundaries (Gieryn, 1983, 1999).

ISBN: 9781369771602Subjects--Topical Terms:

539284
Library science.

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