Self-examination : the present and future of librarianship
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Self-examination : the present and future of librarianship
（Beta Phi Mu monograph）
Libraries Unlimited, 2008
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University of Tsukuba Library, Library on Library and Information Science
: pbk010.1-B8310007013507
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-271) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
What makes us librarians? What is it we do that is indispensable? John Budd joins an august group of library-science luminaries, such as Pierce Butler, Jesse Shera, and Michael Gorman, whose works and example invite professional and critical self-examination. Here, Budd challenges us to confront the uneasy truth of whether libraries still represent people's will and intellect, or the cabalistic enclaves of an old guard? Through intellectually rich and engaging entrees into ethics, democracy, social responsibility, governance, and globalization, he makes the case that librarians who fail to grasp the importance of their heritage will never truly respond to societal change or the needs of the individual user.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Genealogy of the Profession
Chapter 2: Place and Identity
Chapter 3: Being Informed about Informing
Chapter 4: What's the Right Thing to Do?
Chapter 5: In a Democracy . . .
Chapter 6: The Information Society
Chapter 7: Optimistic Synthesis
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Index
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