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Author: John Budd
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2001-05-25
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 0810840251
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis landmark work traces the heritage of thought, from the beginnings of modern science in the seventeenth century, until today, that has influenced the profession of library and information science.
Author: Sofia Y. Leung
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2021-04-13
Total Pages: 359
ISBN-13: 0262043505
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBlack, Indigenous, and Peoples of Color--reimagine library and information science through the lens of critical race theory. In Knowledge Justice, Black, Indigenous, and Peoples of Color scholars use critical race theory (CRT) to challenge the foundational principles, values, and assumptions of Library and Information Science and Studies (LIS) in the United States. They propel CRT to center stage in LIS, to push the profession to understand and reckon with how white supremacy affects practices, services, curriculum, spaces, and policies.
Author: Richard Rubin
Publisher:
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781555705183
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe information infrastructure: libraries in context -- Information science: a service perspective -- Redefining the library: the impacts and implications of technological change -- Information policy: stakeholders and agendas -- Information policy as library policy: intellectual freedom -- Information organization: issues and techniques -- From past to present: the library's mission and its values -- Ethics and standards: professional practices in library and information science -- The library as institution: an organizational view -- Librarianship: an evolving profession -- Appendices.
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Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 1845440900
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis e-book is concerned with metatheories in Library and Information Science (LIS) and especially with the philosophy of science of LIS. Metatheories are theories about the description, investigation, analysis or criticism of the theories in a domain.
Author: R. David Lankes
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2016-09-02
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 0262529920
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn essential guide to a librarianship based not on books and artifacts but on knowledge and learning. Libraries have existed for millennia, but today the library field is searching for solid footing in an increasingly fragmented (and increasingly digital) information environment. What is librarianship when it is unmoored from cataloging, books, buildings, and committees? In The Atlas of New Librarianship, R. David Lankes offers a guide to this new landscape for practitioners. He describes a new librarianship based not on books and artifacts but on knowledge and learning; and he suggests a new mission for librarians: to improve society through facilitating knowledge creation in their communities. The vision for a new librarianship must go beyond finding library-related uses for information technology and the Internet; it must provide a durable foundation for the field. Lankes recasts librarianship and library practice using the fundamental concept that knowledge is created though conversation. New librarians approach their work as facilitators of conversation; they seek to enrich, capture, store, and disseminate the conversations of their communities. To help librarians navigate this new terrain, Lankes offers a map, a visual representation of the field that can guide explorations of it; more than 140 Agreements, statements about librarianship that range from relevant theories to examples of practice; and Threads, arrangements of Agreements to explain key ideas, covering such topics as conceptual foundations and skills and values. Agreement Supplements at the end of the book offer expanded discussions. Although it touches on theory as well as practice, the Atlas is meant to be a tool: textbook, conversation guide, platform for social networking, and call to action. Copublished with the Association of College & Research Libraries.
Author: Gloria J. Leckie
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2010-07-26
Total Pages: 349
ISBN-13: 1591589401
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis text provides an overview of major critical theorists from across disciplines—including the humanities, social sciences, and education—that discusses the importance of these critical perspectives for the advancement of LIS research and scholarship. The practical application of library and information science is based upon 75 years of critical theory and thought. Therefore, it is essential for students and faculty in LIS to be familiar with the work of a wide range of critical theorists. The aim of Critical Theory for Library and Information Science: Exploring the Social from Across the Disciplines is to provide a comprehensive introduction to the critical theorists important to the LIS audience, and to give insights into how such theory can be incorporated into actual LIS research and practice. This book consists of chapters on individual critical theorists ranging from Aglietta to Habermas to Spivak, written by an international group of library and information science scholars. Each chapter provides an overview of the theoretical stance and contributions of the theorist, as well as relevant critical commentary. This book will be particularly valuable as a reference text of core readings for those pursuing doctoral or masters level degrees in LIS.
Author: Allen Kent
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2002-03-26
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780824720728
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis supplement examines achieving synergy between computer power and human reason to the unified medical language system (UMLS).
Author: Linda S Katz
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003-06-27
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 1136752366
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGet a unique insight into the image problems librarians face! The Image and Role of the Librarian addresses all aspects of professional identity for librarians, including professional roles, cultural images, popular perceptions, and future trends. The book examines historical representations, stereotypes, and popular culture icons and the r
Author: Mohammad Nazim
Publisher: Chandos Publishing
Published: 2016-07-24
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 0081005687
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKnowledge Management in Libraries: Concepts, Tools and Approaches brings to the forefront the increasing recognition of the value of knowledge and information to individuals, organizations, and communities, providing an analysis of the concepts of Knowledge Management (KM) that prevails among the Library and Information Science (LIS) community. Thus, the book explores knowledge management from the perspective of LIS professionals. Furthermore, unlike most books on the topic, which address it almost exclusively in the context of a firm or an organization to help gain a competitive advantage, this book looks at knowledge management in the context of not for profit organizations such as libraries. - Describes the theory and approaches of knowledge management in the context of librarianship - Seeks to identify and explain the principles that underlie the different processes of knowledge management - Combines the theoretical and practical perspectives of the topic - Provides a comprehensive and methodological approach to support librarians and information science professionals in the implementation of knowledge management in libraries and information centers - Proposes a model for libraries and information centers which may be used as a guide for implementation - Incorporates illustrations where necessary to provide a clear understanding of the concepts
Author: Samantha Schmehl Hines
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Published: 2020-08-17
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 1839094842
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book offers a timely mix of thought-provoking chapters bringing together national and global studies on critical librarianship, and conveying the kind of research which current library managers and researchers need, mixing theory with a good dose of pragmatism.
