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- Title
Die Bibliothek, eine Frauenwelt.
- Authors
Roselli, Mariangela
- Abstract
The paper discusses hypotheses why women librarians are particularly resistant to and critical of new forms of culture and learning that young visitors of libraries find attractive. Based on several enquiries, the author concludes that libraries in France remain a feminine world which tends to be closed to intermixing sexual, ethnic and social barriers. She describes women's reaction to young people - qualified as 'non-readers', 'visitors', or 'tourists' - who prefer libraries with coffee shops, DVD rentals and internet services. Male teenagers legitimately find traditional libraries gloomy, and female librarians are particularly critical about their behaviour and preferences.
- Subjects
FRANCE; LIBRARIES; LIBRARIANS' attitudes; LIBRARIANS; WOMEN librarians; LIBRARY users; TEENAGERS; GENDER differences (Sociology)
- Publication
Bibliothek Forschung und Praxis, 2013, Vol 37, Issue 3, p322
- ISSN
0341-4183
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/bfp-2013-0047