Maciej Liguzinski will defend his thesis for the PhD program in Social Sciences, specialisation Information, Library and Archival Studies with "(Dis)connected Collections: E-lending in Scandinavian Public Libraries".
The trial lecture lasts from 10:00-10:45.
The title of the lecture is: "What differentiates and what unites the three Nordic countries' (Norway, Sweden, and Denmark) views on digital e-book lending, and how is this exemplified in their agreements and cultural policy frameworks for e-book lending?".
The candidate will defend his thesis at 12:00.
The trial lecture and public defence will also be streamed (zoom.com).
The webinar ID is 673 2850 6539 and the passcode is 0125.
The ordinary opponents are:
The head of the public defence is Vice Dean Nathalie Hyde-Clarke, Faculty of Social Sciences, OsloMet.
The supervisor is Associate Professor Terje Colbjørnsen, BI Norwegian Business School.
The co-supervisor is Associate Professor Nanna Kann-Rasmussen, University of Copenhagen.
The thesis explores the lending of e-books and e-audiobooks in public libraries in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. E-lending operates by licensing schemes, which alter public libraries’ access to digital books and challenge their societal mandate. The thesis asks what the implications of introducing digital book lending for the public library as an institution are.
The dissertation consists of three empirical studies. The first analyses lending models, while the second explores institutional frameworks for e-lending within the library field. The third study examines the relationship between libraries and publishers and their respective perceptions of the library’s role. The main conclusions are that libraries adapt to market mechanisms in many different ways; they create new institutional structures, and they relate to the book market, which is influenced by digitalisation. The dissertation highlights the similarities and differences in the approaches to e-lending across three Scandinavian countries.