The Dialectic of Academic Librarianship: A Critical Approach - Couverture souple

Bales, Stephen

 
9781936117895: The Dialectic of Academic Librarianship: A Critical Approach
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1936117894 ISBN 13 : 9781936117895
Editeur : Litwin Books, LLC, 2015

Synopsis

Oftentimes, academic librarians are not fully conscious of the role that their libraries play in late-capitalist society or how they, as information professionals, help to perpetuate this role. Adopting a dialectical materialist perspective, Stephen Bales investigates the modern academic library as an institution and academic librarianship as a profession. The author examines the academic library's position as a culturally and historically situated producer and curator of knowledge and its instrumental role in driving social reproduction and the status quo. The book then considers the effect of academic librarians in bolstering dominant ideologies and argues instead for a transformative, engaged librarianship that recognizes and implements the academic library as a locus for positive social change. To these ends, the book serves as a tool for deepening the theoretical consciousness of practicing academic librarians and as a point of entry for praxis.

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Éditeur
Litwin Books, LLC
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1936117894
ISBN 13 
9781936117895
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
202
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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