The Politics of Libraries and Librarianship

• Author : Kerry Smith
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release : 30 September 2008

This book covers aspects of the political environment which surrounds and engages libraries and their librarians. It includes anecdotes on the role of the political sphere in the business of library associations. Provides recent stories and real examples of: The various political contexts under which libraries operate Why it is important to be politically aware How political climates influence decision making for libraries

• Author : V. Kerry Smith
• Publisher : Chandos Publishing
• Release : 30 September 2008

This book covers aspects of the political environment which surrounds and engages libraries and their librarians. It includes anecdotes on the role of the political sphere in the business of library associations.

• Author : David Shavit
• Publisher : Praeger
• Release : 07 June 1986

Public librarians do not usually see themselves as politicians. However, as decision-makers in an institutional setting, affected by a variety of pressures and conflicting interests, they are involved in politics in both the broad and narrow sense. Moreover, recent developments in the public library system have brought the librarian directly into the political sphere. Professor Shavit's study, the first major work on the subject in over 35 years, fills a major gap in scholarship on the public library in the political

• Author : Marcia J. Nauratil
• Publisher : Greenwood Publishing Group
• Release : 07 June 1985

• Author : D. J. Foskett
• Publisher : London : Library Association
• Release : 07 June 1962

• Author : Oliver Garceau,Social Science Research Council (U.S.). Public Library Inquiry
• Publisher : New York : Columbia University Press
• Release : 07 June 2023

Studies issues related to public libraries and their governing bodies, professional associates, and the strategy of group politics. Includes a look at the relationship between librarians, board members, and public officials.

• Author : Juris Dilevko
• Publisher : Library Juice Press, LLC
• Release : 01 February 2010

"An alternative proposal for the education of librarians, emphasizing general knowledge and intellectual rigor and discouraging careerism"--Provided by publisher.

• Author : Shiraz Durrani
• Publisher : African Books Collective
• Release : 29 December 2014

Public spending is under threat and public libraries are suffering. At a time when libraries can play a critical role in supporting people facing difficult economic and social situations, the dominant conservative model of librarianship has nothing meaningful to say about the role and relevance of libraries. It offers more of the same, but no qualitative change so necessary today. It continues to maintain the myth that there is no alternative to its own policies and practices. There is thus

• Author : Sharon Chien Lin
• Publisher : Greenwood Publishing Group
• Release : 07 June 1998

With its comprehensive scope and depth in treatment, this unique book offers an overview of Chinese library and information services, as well as a bird's-eye view of the political and social evolution of modern China.

• Author : Wayne A. Wiegand
• Publisher : Praeger
• Release : 07 June 1986

Wiegand examines the development of ALA from 1876 to 1917 in this masterful tale. He looks at the issues that existed during those years, the conflicts, and the changing characteristics of ALA's Executive Board, and succeeds in giving us a particularly revealing picture of the nature of the profession. He analyzes the three elements of Dewey's motto, `The best reading for the largest number at the least cost, ' and how they characterized ALA's development as the leaders sought to accomplish those

• Author : Alex Byrne
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 07 June 2023

This study of a decisive period in IFLA's history offers a rare example of an international professional association in transition. In examining a project to promote unrestricted access to information as the reciprocal right of freedom of expression, the research is a case study of the politics of an expanding interpretation of the limits to professionalism

• Author : Lisa A. Ennis
• Publisher : Information Today, Inc.
• Release : 07 June 2023

This book begins by looking at career opportunities in both Federal Depository Libraries (FDLs) and non-depository libraries with government documents collections. It then discusses skills and traits; networking and training options; managing and administering people, paperwork, and collections; and both public services and technical services issues.

• Author : Nancy Kranich
• Publisher : American Library Association
• Release : 07 June 2023

From Librarian of Congress, James Billington, to founding director of the Center for the Book, John Cole, the leading-edge information specialists of the day share their insights on the role libraries play in advancing democracy.

• Author : E. J. Josey
• Publisher : Phoenix, Ariz. : Oryx Press
• Release : 07 June 1980

• Author : Natalie Greene Taylor,Karen Kettnich,Ursula Gorham,Paul T. Jaeger
• Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
• Release : 04 November 2021

Libraries and the Global Retreat of Democracy focuses on how libraries coordinate their work in political and information literacy and how these efforts can be improved, the recommendations and examples within which will serve as inspiration and motivation to its readers.