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Our Enduring Values Revisited [electronic resource] : Librarianship in an Ever-Changing World
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gorman, Michael.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Librarians--Effect of technological innovations on--United States.
- Librarians--Professional ethics--United States.
- Libraries--Aims and objectives--United States.
- Library science--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
- Local Subjects:
- Librarians--Effect of technological innovations on--United States.
- Librarians--Professional ethics--United States.
- Libraries--Aims and objectives--United States.
- Library science--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (255 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : American Library Association, 2015.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- OUR ENDURING VALUES REVISITED: LIBRARIANSHIP IN AN EVER-CHANGING WORLD; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PREFACE: THE WORLD TURNED RIGHT SIDE UP?; CHAPTER 1: VALUES; CHAPTER 2: HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY; CHAPTER 3: THE VALUE OF LIBRARIES; CHAPTER 4: THE LIBRARY AS PLACE; CHAPTER 5: STEWARDSHIP; CHAPTER 6: SERVICE; CHAPTER 7: INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM; CHAPTER 8: RATIONALISM; CHAPTER 9: LITERACY AND LEARNING; CHAPTER 10: EQUITY OF ACCESS; CHAPTER 11: PRIVACY; CHAPTER 12: DEMOCRACY; CHAPTER 13: THE GREATER GOOD; CHAPTER 14: KEEPING FAITH; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8389-1305-9
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