Current Projects – Libraries Research Group at Charles Sturt University

Current Libraries Research Group projects fit within the two main research strands of the group:

Value of Libraries

Public libraries supporting people experiencing homelessness
Evaluating public library community engagement and impact
Information seeking behaviours of prisoners
Human information behaviour in the context of serious leisure
Embracing the cultural identity of burgeoning ethnic groups in regional public libraries: A pilot project with the Punjabi Indian Community in the Riverina
Understanding the needs of public library users in a COVID-changed Australia

Making Collections More Visible

‘The Virago Archive’
Hazel Smith, poet without language: A digital archive and retrospective
Evaluating the Library of Congress genre/form terms
Knowledge Bank of Australian and New Zealand School Libraries
Open access policy intent, development, and maintenance at Australian universities

About the Libraries Research Group

Our research focuses on key issues affecting the sector, examining the ways in which library and information services can be improved, and library collections enhanced, as well the role of libraries and librarianship in contemporary society.

Building on CSU’s position as the leading and largest provider of library education in Australia, we are ideally placed to be the group librarians turn to when they need an evidence base for their decisions, or new solutions to real-world problems.