Librarianship and human rights : a twenty-first century guide /

This is a direct challenge to the notion of library neutrality, especially in the present context of war, revolution, and social change. This book locates library and information workers as participants and interventionists in social conflicts. The strategies for social action worldwide were chosen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Samek, Toni, 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, England : Chandos, 2007.
Colección:Chandos information professional series.
Temas:
Librarians > Professional ethics.
Library science > Moral and ethical aspects.
Human rights.
Social action.
Libraries and society.
Library science > Social aspects.
Human Rights
Biblioth�ecaires > D�eontologie.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Biblioth�economie > Aspect moral.
Biblioth�economie > Aspect social.
Action sociale.
Biblioth�eques et soci�et�e.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Business Ethics.
Library science > Social aspects
Human rights
Librarians > Professional ethics
Libraries and society
Library science > Moral and ethical aspects
Social action
Menschenrecht
Bibliothekswissenschaft
Bibliothekar
Berufsethik
Bibliothek
M�anskliga r�attigheter.
Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap > etik och moral.
Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap > sociala aspekter.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Forward
  • Prefacio
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • About the author
  • Part One: the rhetoric
  • An urgent context for twenty-first century librarianship
  • Human rights, contestations and moral responsibilities of library and information workers
  • Part Two: the reality
  • Practical strategies for social action
  • Prevalent manifestations of social action applied to library and information work
  • Specific forms of social action used in library and information work for social change
  • Closing thought.

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