Libraries, Archives, and Museums in Transition - 9781032037523

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Libraries, Archives, and Museums in TransitionChanges, Challenges, and Convergence in a Scandinavian Perspective\nAuthor(s): Casper Hvenegaard Rasmussen, Kerstin Rydbeck, Hkon Larsen\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032037523, 978-1032037523\nSynopsis\nIn this anthology, top scholars researching libraries, archives, and museums (LAM) issues in Scandinavia explore pressing issues for contemporary LAMs.\n\nIn recent decades, relations between libraries, archives, and museums have changed rapidly: collections have been digitized; books, documents, and objects have been mixed in new ways; and LAMs have picked up new tasks in response to external changes. Libraries now host makerspaces and literary workshops, archives fight climate change and support indigenous people, and museums are used as instruments for economic growth and urban planning. At first glance, the described changes may appear as a divergent developmen.