The societal role of the national library in developing citizens' political awareness: Survey study

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Faculty of Arts - Helwan University

Abstract

National libraries are considered one of the most important types of
libraries in the governmental information sources systems for political awareness
programs, applications and services. National libraries like a platform for
thoughts, cultures, awareness, and knowledge to constitute citizens' knowledge,
services, and information awareness in the state regardless of their different
attitudes and categories.
The national library is a main partner in society and it has a vital role in
providing knowledge and information that the citizen cannot obtain from another
place or another type of library because it aims to increase citizens' awareness of
e-government services as well as national projects of the state. The importance
of the national libraries is due to the role it plays in introducing citizens and
increasing their awareness of information on everything related to the
achievements of the state and development projects as well as helping citizens
by providing some e-government services to serve citizens and saves effort and
time and achieved great benefit for citizens and the state alike.
This study aims to know the role of the national library in developing
citizens' awareness of electronic services, political information, and national
government organizations, in addition to monitoring national projects that have
been implemented, and to design a proposed electronic application that can be
applied in the national library to develop citizens' awareness of national projects
and Egyptian e-governmental services. In addition to study the current situation in
the national libraries of
the Egyptian national library and archives in greater Cairo
in terms of providing knowledge services, activities and programs to develop < br />citizens' awareness of political information and e-government services and the
extent of their encouragement for political participation in the state
This study used the survey method to identify the role that national
libraries play in developing citizens' awareness towards national services and
laws that, in addition to this, know the availability of activities,  The data was collected through the questionnaire tool that targeted the
librarian working in the
Egyptian national library and archives and its branches in
greater Cairo, and the checklist to collect information about the projects being
implemented and those implemented by the state, and electronic services that
citizens are interested in, from the websites of the Egyptian ministries.
The researcher used a statistical method using the SPSS program (the
statistical package for social sciences).




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