Purpose

Libraries are increasingly trying to communicate the library's contributions and telling the library stories. Stories can be a component of impact assessment and thus add nuance to an assessment. Evaluations of libraries can include collecting and presenting stories of change, which can serve as evidence in impact assessments. The narrative field allows for many different approaches to a narrative perspective in the study of libraries, but the existing literature provides little overview of these studies. The purpose of this study is to introduce the narrative field and present a systematic review of the existing studies of libraries that use narrative approaches.

Design/methodology/approach

The methods in this study comprise of a systematic review of publications reporting narrative approaches to studying libraries. To retrieve the relevant studies, Library and Information Science Abstracts, Scopus, Web of Science and Proquest Dissertation were searched. Furthermore, the authors examined reference lists and performed citation searches. Study selection was performed by two reviewers independently. Using designed templates, data from the included studies were extracted by one author and confirmed by another.

Findings

The database searches retrieved 2,096 records across the four databases which were screened in two steps, resulting in 35 included studies. The authors identify studies that introduce narrative enquiries in library studies as well as studies using narrative approaches to the study of libraries.

Originality/value

Exploring narratives and stories for understanding and evaluating the library's worth is a promising field. More work is needed, though, to develop theoretical and methodological frameworks. Several of the included studies can serve as examples of the potential of a narrative perspective in the study of libraries.

中文翻译：

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图书馆故事：对图书馆内外的叙事方面的系统回顾

目的

图书馆越来越多地尝试传达图书馆的贡献并讲述图书馆的故事。故事可以成为影响评估的一个组成部分，从而为评估增添细微差别。图书馆的评估可以包括收集和展示变化的故事，这可以作为影响评估的证据。叙事领域允许在图书馆研究中采用多种不同的叙事视角方法，但现有文献很少提供这些研究的概述。本研究的目的是介绍叙事领域，并对使用叙事方法的图书馆现有研究进行系统回顾。

设计/方法/方法

本研究中的方法包括对报告研究图书馆的叙述方法的出版物的系统审查。为了检索相关研究，检索了 Library and Information Science Abstracts、Scopus、Web of Science 和 Proquest Dissertation。此外，作者检查了参考文献列表并进行了引文搜索。研究选择由两名评价员独立进行。使用设计的模板，来自纳入研究的数据由一位作者提取并由另一位作者确认。

发现

数据库搜索检索了四个数据库中的 2,096 条记录，分两步筛选，最终纳入 35 项研究。作者确定了在图书馆研究中引入叙事探究的研究，以及使用叙事方法研究图书馆的研究。

原创性/价值

探索叙事和故事以理解和评估图书馆的价值是一个很有前途的领域。然而，需要做更多的工作来发展理论和方法框架。一些纳入的研究可以作为叙事视角在图书馆研究中的潜力的例子。