Cover -- Guest editorial -- Trends in the Dutch and Finnish library landscape -- The role of public libraries in the development of social capital in local communities - a theoretical study -- Evaluating the quality of health information services in public libraries: an experience from Iran -- Increasing or decreasing reading trend: an overview of the current status of the public libraries in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan -- Public libraries in crisis time: empirigraphy of Iranian public libraries in the 2019 Iran massive flood.