A History of Modern Librarianship: Constructing the Heritage by Pamela Richards,Wayne Wiegand,Marija Dalbello PDF

By Pamela Richards,Wayne Wiegand,Marija Dalbello

ISBN-10: 1610690990

ISBN-13: 9781610690997

A extensive, comparative background of librarianship, this fascinating paintings is going past the normal specialize in associations and collections that can assist you discover the half smooth librarianship played—and maintains to play—in forming Western cultures.

• Discusses the cultural function of libraries and the position of data in shaping glossy society

• Deepens readers' realizing of the heritage of the 20 th century and glossy librarianship, together with electronic convergence of the previous decades

• Analyzes the cycles of "information explosion" and a number of details eras as a part of the advance of librarianship over greater than a century

• Explores tensions round specialist neutrality within the provision of public entry to details and information in a democratic society

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