Library Home Delivery Service Brings Cultural Well-Being to the Most Vulnerable

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dc.audienceAudience::Equitable and Accessible Library Services Sectionen_US
dc.contributor.authorKaisti, Hanna
dc.contributor.authorPetäjä, Sirkku
dc.coverage.spatialLocation::Finlanden_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-10T14:59:07Z
dc.date.available2023-10-10
dc.date.available2023-10-10T14:59:07Z
dc.date.issued2023-10-10
dc.description.abstractLibrary Home Delivery Services contributes to an inclusive society and social sustainability as it brings library items to those who cannot access a library due to long-term illness, injury or old age. The patrons entitled to this service are often vulnerable and homebound. Most of them spend 80 % or more of their time at home, often alone. Tampere City Library delivers material free of charge to the doorsteps of about 330 patrons. The number includes private homes and care facilities. Besides books, delivered items can include audiobooks, magazines, DVDs and CDs. Library Home Delivery is a cost-effective way to bring cultural well-being to homebound patrons. Studies have shown that access to culture has direct health benefits. Depression and loneliness decreases. Reading has many therapeutic benefits and it also protects from the cognitive decline associated with aging. Many Western governments are implementing “aging in place” strategies. Instead of relocating seniors to costly care facilities, they live at home as long as possible. Therefore, the number of homebound people is rapidly increasing. Library Home Delivery Services can be seen as one way to bring cultural well-being.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://2023.ifla.org/poster-sessions/
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/2961
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries88th IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC), 2023 Rotterdam;Poster Sessions
dc.rights.holderHanna Kaistien_US
dc.rights.holderSirkku Petäjäen_US
dc.rights.licenseCC BY 4.0en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.subjectSubject::Access to cultureen_US
dc.subjectSubject::Library services to people with disabilitiesen_US
dc.subjectSubject::Sustainabilityen_US
dc.subjectSubject::Seniorsen_US
dc.titleLibrary Home Delivery Service Brings Cultural Well-Being to the Most Vulnerableen_US
dc.typeEvents Materialsen_US
dc.typePostersen_US
ifla.UnitSection::Equitable and Accessible Library Services Section
ifla.oPubId0en_US

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