Globalisation, culture and social capital : library professionals on the move /

Some library directors and other leading professionals in the field of library and informa­tion were asked to write about the experiences of taking on a job in another country than their native country. The papers are not academic in a narrow sense of the word, but they form a very coherent and refl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: O'Connor, Stephan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Bradford, England] : Emerald, [2007]
Colección:Library management ; v. 28, no. 45.
Temas:
International librarianship.
Library administration.
Librarians.
Libraries > Social aspects.
Globalization.
Social capital (Sociology)
Libraries and society.
Library Administration
Librarians
Bibliothéconomie internationale.
Bibliothèques > Administration.
Bibliothécaires.
Bibliothèques et société.
Mondialisation.
Capital social (Sociologie)
librarians.
globalism.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Library & Information Science > General.
Globalization
International librarianship
Libraries > Social aspects
Library administration
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Globalisation, culture and social capital: library professionals on the move; Moving on: transferability of library managers to new environments; Working across cultures; Managing libraries overseas: some challenges and opportunities; Managing across cultures: the experiences of three Hong Kong academic library directors; A Scottish enlightenment; The expatriate library director; Transplanting a Director of Libraries: the pitfalls and the pleasures; Consulting across cultures: librarians and project management in Vietnam.

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