Progressive Librarianship : Perspectives from Kenya and Britain, 1979-2010

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Public spending is under threat and public libraries are suffering. At a time when libraries can play a critical role in supporting people facing difficult economic and social situations, the dominant conservative model of librarianship has nothing meaningful to say about the role and relevance of l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Durrani, Shiraz
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Vita Books, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Public libraries.
Library science.
Libraries > Social aspects.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Library & Information Science > General.
Bibliotheques > Aspect social > Grande-Bretagne.
Bibliotheques > Aspect social > Kenya.
Bibliotheques publiques > Grande-Bretagne.
Bibliotheconomie > Kenya.
Bibliotheconomie > Grande-Bretagne.
Libraries > Social aspects > Great Britain.
Libraries > Social aspects > Kenya.
Public libraries > Great Britain.
Library science > Kenya.
Library science > Great Britain.
Kenya.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Foreword; 1: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o: Never be silent, never about the library; 2: David Percival; 3: Catherine Lusted; Acknowledgment; Introduction; Concerns and concepts; Politics of information; If not "progressive", what?; Progressive librarianship in context; A personal perspective; The Kenyan experience; The Library Cell; Progressive performative works; Never be silent; Key issues; The British experience; Hackney Public Library; Merton Library & Heritage Service; Key issues; National and international initiatives
  • No change at the Library Association (CILIP)Parliamentary Committee submissions; Information for Social Change; Open to all?; The PALIAct initiative; Diversity Council; Quality Leaders Project
  • Youth (QLP-Y); Library skills for a globalised world; Library Skills pilot implementation (Phase 2); Teaching and learning progressive librarianship; London Metropolitan University; No conclusion, the struggle continues; Afterword: Study & Reflection; A. Developing an alternative approach: some themes; B. Intertextual reflections: Alice Corble; References; Index; About the author; Back cover

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