The changing culture of libraries : how we know ourselves through our libraries / edited by Renee Feinberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Feinberg, Renee.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Libraries--Aims and objectives.

Libraries.

Libraries and society.

Libraries and community.

Physical Description:

x, 134 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2001]

Contents:

An Introduction: Libraries in Tears / Renee Feinberg 1

Why Library School? / Tony Doyle 9

Libraries: A Different Perspective / David Faucheux 16

Too Short to Shelve Books / Jocelyn Berger 19

The President and the Revolutionary / Bruce Jensen 26

The Recruitment of a Librarian: A Personal Memoir / Lina M. Lowry 31

Why Weatherly (and Small Towns Like It) Should Have a Library / Ruth Isenberg 36

Library Services in Montserrat: Helping People Realize Their Full Potential / Gracelyn Cassell 41

The Resource Centre Experience in South Africa: An Important Contribution to Librarianship / Faye Reagon 51

Of Libraries / Carey Harrison 61

Libraries: The More They Change... / Michael Kahan 64

Libraries and Ambivalence / Geraldine DeLuca 70

It Was Something Like This, I Think / Don Reich 80

Once a Librarian... / Janet Freedman 94

Social Equity and Empowerment in the Digital Age: A Place for Activist Librarians / Carla J. Stoffle 102

A Vicious Circle? / Barbara A. Bishop 111

Fish Out of Water / Marie Jones 118

Frameworks: The Poetics of Libraries / Nancy Kuhl 121.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0786411384

OCLC:

47092359