Purpose

Libraries face an uncertain situation in present times of the “digital revolution” while every single sector moved online. The purpose of this paper is to search and propose potential library actions as response to the challenge of the peer-to-peer (p2p) sharing platform revolution in business models, a revolution to gain efficiency and to protect the environment.

Design/methodology/approach

This research focused on integrating economics and library concepts based on a selective literature review and real-world interaction. The main concern is to connect library possibilities with the emergence of p2p digital platforms, which has enabled individuals to make use of underused inventory via fee-based sharing, as a way of obtaining, giving or sharing access to goods and services. The authors balance the existing proposals to achieve how librarians can help.

Findings

This paper defines key types of potential applications for platform business models in the sharing economy promoted by librarians and describes their characteristics for the renaissance of the “New libraries”. First, “educating” society to face critically the disruptive change in networks of culture and information. Second, “growing” as key reference institutions and community service centres integrating “external” skills. Third, “promoting” the disruptive economy by creation or participation in digital platforms. Fourth, “creating” cooperative markets through social-economic currencies.

Originality/value

This research was carried out with the objective of determining how librarians contribute to sustainable development. All four proposals to implement represent possibilities that derive from the sharing economy approach at different levels of implementation according to the degree of commitment that librarians require to translate into specific actions.

中文翻译：

---

“点对点共享经济”革命时代图书馆的终结/复兴？未来的图书馆员为可持续发展的世界而教育

目的

在当前“数字革命”时代，图书馆面临着一个不确定的局面，而每个部门都在上网。本文的目的是搜索并提出潜在的图书馆行动，以应对商业模式中对等 (p2p) 共享平台革命的挑战，这是一场提高效率和保护环境的革命。

设计/方法/方法

这项研究的重点是基于选择性文献回顾和现实世界互动整合经济学和图书馆概念。主要关注点是将图书馆的可能性与 p2p 数字平台的出现联系起来，这使个人能够通过基于费用的共享来利用未充分利用的库存，作为获取、提供或共享对商品和服务的访问权的一种方式。作者平衡了现有的建议，以实现图书馆员如何提供帮助。

发现

本文定义了图书馆员推动的共享经济中平台商业模式的主要潜在应用类型，并描述了它们对“新图书馆”复兴的特点。首先，“教育”社会以批判性的态度面对文化和信息网络的破坏性变化。二是“成长”为整合“外”技能的重点参考机构和社区服务中心。第三，通过创建或参与数字平台来“推动”颠覆性经济。第四，通过社会经济货币“创造”合作市场。

原创性/价值

这项研究的目的是确定图书馆员如何为可持续发展做出贡献。根据图书馆员需要转化为具体行动的承诺程度，所有四个实施建议都代表了共享经济方法在不同实施层次上的可能性。