Title:
The new librarianship field guide / R. David Lankes ; with contributions from Wendy Newman, Sue Kowalski, Beck Tench, and Cheryl Gould ; and guidance from the New Librarianship Collaborative: Kimberly Silk, Wendy Newman, and Lauren Britton.
Author:
Lankes, R. David, 1970- author.
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-219) and index.
Librarianship full stop -- They named the building after us -- The mission of librarians -- Knowledge creation -- Facilitation -- Participatory systems -- Improve society -- Librarians -- Pragmatic utopians -- What is a library? -- Saving money and the world -- A platform for knowledge development -- Fitting knowledge in a box -- Academic libraries -- School libraries -- Public libraries -- Engines of advancement -- Coda -- Excursus : from mission to missionary -- Facilitating new librarianship learning -- Observations from the field -- FAQs (frequently argued questions) -- Discussion points.
Publisher:
The MIT Press,
Publication Place:
Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England :
ISBN:
9780262529082 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject:
Library science -- Philosophy.
Libraries and community.
Libraries and society.
Librarians -- Attitudes.
Contents:
Librarianship full stop -- They named the building after us -- The mission of librarians -- Knowledge creation -- Facilitation -- Participatory systems -- Improve society -- Librarians -- Pragmatic utopians -- What is a library? -- Saving money and the world -- A platform for knowledge development -- Fitting knowledge in a box -- Academic libraries -- School libraries -- Public libraries -- Engines of advancement -- Coda -- Excursus : from mission to missionary -- Facilitating new librarianship learning -- Observations from the field -- FAQs (frequently argued questions) -- Discussion points.
Physical Description:
viii, 226 pages : illustrations ;
Publication Date:
[2016]
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