International and Comparative Librarianship : Concepts and Methods for Global Studies / Peter Johan Lor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lor, Peter Johan, Author.

Series:

Global studies in libraries and information ; v. 4.

Global Studies in Libraries and Information

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International librarianship.

Comparative librarianship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (950 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Saur, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Based on his extensive experience in international librarianship, Peter Johan Lor, South Africa's first National Librarian and a former Secretary General of the IFLA, has written the first comprehensive and systematic overview of international and comparative librarianship. His book provides a conceptual framework and methodological guidelines for the field and covers the full range of international relations among libraries and information services, with particular attention to the international political economy of information, the international diffusion of innovations and policy in library and information services, LIS development and international aid. It concludes with a discussion of the practical relevance and future of international and comparative studies in LIS. See a short interview with Peter Lor on his work https://www.ifla.org/node/92590

Contents:

Frontmatter

About IFLA

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

Statement of institutional affiliation

Contents

List of Tables

List of Figures

List of Acronyms, Initialisms and Abbreviations used in the text

1. From local to global: the expanding horizons of libraries and related information organizations

2. A field of study and research

3. Conceptual exploration

4. Preparing for research: metatheoretical considerations

5. Methodological decisions

6. Method: procedures, techniques, instruments

7. The political economy of LIS

8. Access to knowledge and global flows of information

9. International influence and diffusion of ideas in LIS

10. Colonialism, development, and aid

11. LIS development and aid (1)

12. LIS development and aid (2)

13. Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9783110267990

3110267993

9783110395846

3110395843

OCLC:

1105987896