Book Description
A must-read for progressive librarians everywhere, Our Enduring Values will help you to define your role in the library of the future.
Author : Michael Gorman
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 13,52 MB
Release : 2000-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780838907856
A must-read for progressive librarians everywhere, Our Enduring Values will help you to define your role in the library of the future.
Author : Michael Gorman
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 41,3 MB
Release : 2015-03-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0838913008
In the almost 15 years since Our Enduring Values was published, there has been a sea change in the way much of the world thinks about and uses libraries. Young librarians and seasoned LIS professionals alike are experiencing increasing pressure to adjust to new economic, societal, and technological demands amidst the often-dire rhetoric currently surrounding the future of our institutions. In this stirring manifesto, public intellectual, librarian, and philosopher Gorman addresses head on the “existential panic” among library professionals caused by the radical shift in how libraries are viewed. He reconnects readers with the core values that continue to inspire generations of library professionals and scholars—while making the case that these values are doubly crucial to hold on to in the brave new shifting world of librarianship. Destined to become another classic of library literature, this book explores such contemporary issues as The growing emphasis of the library as a cultural institution, placing libraries within their cultural context as gathering places for learning, access to information, and communityThe impact of technological innovations on core values such as access and stewardshipLibrary places and spaces of the futureHow the mass digitization of books, archives, and other materials affects the purpose and function of librariesIntellectual freedom and privacy in the era of the PATRIOT Act, Wikileaks, and Edward SnowdenThe role of libraries as both champions and facilitators of social justiceInspirational yet clear-sighted, Gorman emphatically reaffirms the importance of libraries and librarians while proposing a path for future survival and growth.
Author : Michael Gorman
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 33,90 MB
Release : 2003-01-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780838908464
In this work, one of the library world's thinkers discusses the transformative effect that communications technology has had on information delivery from past to present to future. By tracing these transformations, Michael Gorman writes a roadmap for achieving balance between the tradition of library service and ever-changing technology.
Author : Gita Wolf
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,70 MB
Release : 2013-02
Category : Bible stories, English
ISBN : 9789380340180
Retells the biblical tale of Noah's ark through an Indian adaptation that features scroll-painting-style illustrations.
Author : Marilyn Johnson
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 11,31 MB
Release : 2010-02-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0061431605
A spirited exploration of libraries' evolution from fusty brick-and-mortar institutions to fluid virtual environments.
Author : Joshua Teplitsky
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 20,79 MB
Release : 2019-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0300234902
David Oppenheim (1664-1736), chief rabbi of Prague in the early eighteenth century, built an unparalleled collection of Jewish books and manuscripts, all of which have survived and are housed in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. His remarkable collection testifies to the myriad connections Jews maintained with each other across political borders, and the contacts between Christians and Jews that books facilitated. From contact with the great courts of European nobility to the poor of Jerusalem, his family ties brought him into networks of power, prestige, and opportunity that extended across Europe and the Mediterranean basin. Containing works of law and literature alongside prayer and poetry, his library served rabbinic scholars and communal leaders, introduced old books to new readers, and functioned as a unique source of personal authority that gained him fame throughout Jewish society and beyond. The story of his life and library brings together culture, commerce, and politics, all filtered through this extraordinary collection. Based on the careful reconstruction of an archive that is still visited by scholars today, Joshua Teplitsky's book offers a window into the social life of Jewish books in early modern Europe.--Publisher's website.
Author : Catherine M. Parisian
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 49,33 MB
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 027103713X
The First White House Library is the first book to consider the history of books and reading in the Executive Mansion.
Author : Karen Leggett Abouraya
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 13,92 MB
Release : 2012-08-30
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1101647248
The inspiring true story of demonstrators standing up for the love of a library, from a New York Times bestselling illustrator In January 2011, in a moment that captured the hearts of people all over the world, thousands of Egypt's students, library workers, and demonstrators surrounded the great Library of Alexandria and joined hands, forming a human chain to protect the building. They chanted "We love you, Egypt!" as they stood together for the freedom the library represented. Illustrated with Susan L. Roth's stunning collages, this amazing true story demonstrates how the love of books and libraries can unite a country, even in the midst of turmoil.
Author : Ines Hasselberg
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 32,55 MB
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1785330233
Focusing on the lived experience of immigration policy and processes, this volume provides fascinating insights into the deportation process as it is felt and understood by those subjected to it. The author presents a rich and innovative ethnography of deportation and deportability experienced by migrants convicted of criminal offenses in England and Wales. The unique perspectives developed here – on due process in immigration appeals, migrant surveillance and control, social relations and sense of self, and compliance and resistance – are important for broader understandings of border control policy and human rights.
Author : Walt Crawford
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 42,19 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780838906477
Argues against the futuristic idea of virtual libraries because it is devastating to the societal mission of libraries, proposing instead a balanced, human-oriented approach to technology that complements print, community library buildings, and user-friendly librarians.