The politics of professionalism : a retro-progressive proposal for librarianship / by Juris Dilevko.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dilevko, Juris.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Library education.

Library education--United States.

Library education--Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Duluth, MN : Library Juice Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"An alternative proposal for the education of librarians, emphasizing general knowledge and intellectual rigor and discouraging careerism"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Textual Notes and Acknowledgements

Chapter One Fateful Choices

Chapter Two Professionalism, Achievement, and the Quantified University

Chapter Three Reconsidering Library Professionalism

Chapter Four The Ideology of Professionalism

Chapter Five Interrogating the Socio-Cultural Premises of Education for Librarianship

Chapter Six The Professionalization of Librarianship and the Professionalization of Eating

Bibliography

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

1-936117-30-4

OCLC:

658080039