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The Myth of the Electronic Library: Librarianship and Social Change in America: Contributions in Librarianship and Information Science

Autor William F. Birdsall
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 iul 1994 – vârsta până la 17 ani
Librarians develop myths to explain themselves to society and to generate support for their profession. Since the last quarter of the 19th century, the prevailing myth has been the myth of the library as place. Confronted with social change, librarians are searching for a new myth. They are abandoning the myth of the library as place and are adopting uncritically the assumptions and values of the myth of the electronic library, with profound consequences for the future of librarianship.This book examines the assumptions and values of the myth of the electronic library, compares them with the myth of the library as place, and explores the meaning of the library as a place, alternatives to the information society, the role of the librarian in a therapeutic society, and the politics of librarianship. It concludes with a set of propositions with the objective of encouraging librarians to assess critically the role of libraries and librarianship in the context of social change and, especially, to debate more fully the implications of the myth of the electronic library for librarians and the users of the library.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780313292101
ISBN-10: 0313292108
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Seria Contributions in Librarianship and Information Science

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Notă biografică

WILLIAM F. BIRDSALL is University Librarian at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He has previously held positions at Iowa State University, the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, and the University of Manitoba. His publications include articles in Library Journal, Canadian Library Journal, Journal of Academic Librarianship, The American Archivist, and the Journal of Library History.

Cuprins

PrefaceIntroduction: the Myth of the LibraryBreaking the Myth of Library as PlaceCreating the Myth of the Electronic LibraryMyth of the Electronic Library in the Information SocietyThe Sensuous LibraryThe Therapeutic LibrarianThe Intermediary LibrarianThe Librarian and the LibraryThe Politics of LibrarianshipThe Politics of the Electronic LibraryLibraries and Life ChancesConclusion: The Second CenturyNotesBibliographyIndex