The Politics of Promoting Freedom of Information and Expression in International Librarianship: The I.F.L.A./F.A.I.F.E. Project (Look And Learn): 4 - Brossura

Byrne, Alex

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ISBN 10: 0810860171 ISBN 13: 9780810860179

Casa editrice: Scarecrow Press, 2007

Riassunto

The Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (F.A.I.F.E.) initiative took the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (I.F.L.A.) outside its traditional focus on the status and techniques of the profession and postulated a new role for the Federation. F.A.I.F.E. invested librarianship with a higher responsibility: to promote the fundamental human right to information. This responsibility has been embraced as the key principle underlying and informing library and information service.This study traces the development and implementation of the F.A.I.F.E. initiative by I.F.L.A. . It traces the origins of the decision to implement this initiative and assesses the outcomes of its first five years as it developed from a project into a continuing and central program of the Federation. Both the internal effects on I.F.L.A. and the consequences of the project for the profession of librarianship are explored. The Politics of Promoting Freedom of Information and Expression in International Librarianship: The I.F.L.A./F.A.I.F.E. Project offers a rare example of an international professional association in transition. In examining this project to promote unrestricted access to information as the reciprocal right of freedom of expression, the research becomes a case study of the politics of an expanding sense of professionalism.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Alex Byrne is the University Librarian and Vice President (Alumni & Development) at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Scarecrow Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0810860171
• ISBN 13: 9780810860179
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 240
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile