Suaugusiųjų mokymosi aplinkų viešojoje bibliotekoje susiformavimo veiksniai / ; Factors influencing adult learning environments in the public library.

The fast pace of life, change and the proliferation of technological processes at work and in our personal lives are forcing people to look for ways to adapt to a rapidly changing environment, society and labour market. In most cases, all these changes affect not only individuals, but also organisations and institutions where people go to acquire certain competences, knowledge and training. Public libraries are becoming those institutions that are flexible to change and try to respond to the needs of people and communities and offer what is relevant. The objectives of library services are becoming: to provide educational information support services, to organise activities to promote reading, self-education, cultural and social awareness, to develop general competences, media and information literacy. In fulfilling these objectives, the library performs functions related to education (acting in a supportive way, facilitating independent learning, self-education or formal education), information (collecting, storing, analysing and providing access to information in the media), personal development (enabling creativity), services for children and young people (taking into account the specificities of age groups), cultural development (organising cultural activities), and the social function of public libraries (serving as a 'third place' for community meetings, communication and socialisation). Based on the research on learning in the public library, it can be stated that the process of learning in the public library has received insufficient attention from researchers, and there is a lack of research to identify the factors that contribute to the formation of learning environments for public library users from the educational environments of public libraries. Issues: - What are the characteristics of public library educational environments identified by adults as their learning environments? - What factors lead to adult patrons' use of public library educational environments and their identification as their ...