الدور المجتمعي للمكتبة الوطنية في تنمية الوعي السياسي للمراطينين : دراسة مسحية

Abstract EN

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 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).