The Library as Place: History, Community, and Culture

ISBN 10: 1591583829 / ISBN 13: 9781591583820

Editore: Libraries Unlimited, 2006

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Riassunto:

The Library as Place is an edited collection of 14 original papers, which provide diverse and wide-ranging perspectives on the role of the library as a physical, social and intellectual place.|Libraries, as a component of cultural space, are ubiqui

Informazioni sugli autori:

John E. Buschman holds a B.S. in history and sociology and an M.L.S. - both from Ball State University, and an M.A. in American Studies from Saint Joseph's University. He has published two books: Dismantling the Public Sphere: Situating and Sustaining Libraries in the Age of the New Public Philosophy ( Libraries Unlimited 2003) and Critical Approaches to Information Technology in Librarianship: Foundations and Applications (Greenwood 1993). He is co-editor of the journal Progressive Librarian and on the editorial board of Library Philosophy and Practice.

Gloria J. Leckie has an MLIS as well as an MA and PhD in Geography from the University of Western Ontario. Her research interests include information-seeking behavior, the work of scholars and professionals, academic librarianship, information literacy and libraries as public space. Gloria is currently on the Board of the Association for Library and Information Science Education, as well as on the Editorial Boards of Library Quarterly and the Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science.

John E. Buschman holds a B.S. in history and sociology and an M.L.S. - both from Ball State University, and an M.A. in American Studies from Saint Joseph's University. He has published two books: Dismantling the Public Sphere: Situating and Sustaining Libraries in the Age of the New Public Philosophy ( Libraries Unlimited 2003) and Critical Approaches to Information Technology in Librarianship: Foundations and Applications (Greenwood 1993). He is co-editor of the journal Progressive Librarian and on the editorial board of Library Philosophy and Practice.

Gloria J. Leckie has an MLIS as well as an MA and PhD in Geography from the University of Western Ontario. Her research interests include information-seeking behavior, the work of scholars and professionals, academic librarianship, information literacy and libraries as public space. Gloria is currently on the Board of the Association for Library and Information Science Education, as well as on the Editorial Boards of Library Quarterly and the Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science.

Dati bibliografici

Titolo: The Library as Place: History, Community, ...
Casa editrice: Libraries Unlimited
Data di pubblicazione: 2006
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Good
Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket