Public Children Library - An Interactive Social Community

This paper investigated the interactive relationship among three types of people (children, caregivers, and librarians) in a public children's library at Pittsford of Rochester via qualitative research method. The social learning theory and community of practices are adopted as theoretical lenses to help analyze and understand the observed phenomenon in the research site. The findings showed in two categories: interactive people and interactive site. Interactions among interactive persons were varied in types and interactive site presented a dynamic way.