Libraries And Democracy

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Strong Democracy

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Author : Benjamin R. Barber
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2003

Strong Democracy written by Benjamin R. Barber and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.

"One of the chosen few: an enduring contribution to democratic thought."—Bruce Ackerman, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale University

Libraries Archives And Museums As Democratic Spaces In A Digital Age

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Author : Ragnar Audunson
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2020-09-07

Libraries Archives And Museums As Democratic Spaces In A Digital Age written by Ragnar Audunson and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-07 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

Libraries, archives and museums have traditionally been a part of the public sphere's infrastructure. They have been so by providing public access to culture and knowledge, by being agents for enlightenment and by being public meeting places in their communities. Digitization and globalization poses new challenges in relation to upholding a sustainable public sphere. Can libraries, archives and museums contribute in meeting these challenges?

Confronting The Democratic Discourse Of Librarianship

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Author : Sam Popowich
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019

Confronting The Democratic Discourse Of Librarianship written by Sam Popowich and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Libraries categories.

Taking a broadly Marxist approach, Confronting the Democratic Discourse of Librarianship traces the connections between library history and the larger history of capitalist development.

Libraries And Democracy

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Author : Nancy Kranich
language : en
Publisher: American Library Association
Release Date : 2001-06

Libraries And Democracy written by Nancy Kranich and has been published by American Library Association this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-06 with Computers categories.

From Librarian of Congress, James Billington, to founding director of the Center for the Book, John Cole, the leading-edge information specialists of the day share their insights on the role libraries play in advancing democracy.

Part Of Our Lives

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Author : Wayne A. Wiegand
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2015

Part Of Our Lives written by Wayne A. Wiegand and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with History categories.

Challenges conventional thinking and top-down definitions, instead drawing on the library user's perspective to argue that the public library's most important function is providing commonplace reading materials and public space. Challenges a professional ethos about public libraries and their responsibilities to fight censorship and defend intellectual freedom. Demonstrates that the American public library has been (with some notable exceptions) a place that welcomed newcomers, accepted diversity, and constructed community since the end of the 19th century. Shows how stories that cultural authorities have traditionally disparaged- i.e. books that are not "serious"- have often been transformative for public library users.

The Little Free Library Book

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Author : Margret Aldrich
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015

The Little Free Library Book written by Margret Aldrich and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS categories.

LFL history, quirky and poignant firsthand stories, a resource guide, and some of the most creative and inspired LFLs around.

Libraries And Society

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Author : Wendy Evans
language : en
Publisher: Elsevier
Release Date : 2011-04-30

Libraries And Society written by Wendy Evans and has been published by Elsevier this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-30 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

This book reviews both the historical and future roles that public, private, academic and special libraries have in supporting and shaping society at local, regional, national and international levels. Globalisation, economic turmoil, political and ethnic tensions, rapid technology development, global warming and other key environmental factors are all combining in myriad and complex ways to affect everyone, both individually and collectively. Fundamental questions are being asked about the future of society and the bedrock organisations that underpin it. Libraries and Society considers the key aspects of library provision and the major challenges that libraries – however defined, managed, developed and provided – now face, and will continue to face in the future. It also focuses on the emerging chapter in cultural, economic and social history and the library's role in serving diverse communities within this new era. - Looks at all types of library in a period of major and discontinuous change, tackling the fundamental questions of the future of libraries in the context of major societal, political and environmental issues - Poses important questions for the profession and policy development - Fills a major gap in literature (recent discourse and debate on the future of democracy, for example, the library is rarely included)

Main Street Public Library

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Author : Wayne A. Wiegand
language : en
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Release Date : 2011-10-02

Main Street Public Library written by Wayne A. Wiegand and has been published by University of Iowa Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-02 with History categories.

The United States has more public libraries than it has McDonald’s restaurants. By any measure, the American public library is a heavily used and ubiquitous institution. Popular thinking identifies the public library as a neutral agency that protects democratic ideals by guarding against censorship as it makes information available to people from all walks of life. Among librarians this idea is known as the “library faith.” But is the American public library as democratic as it appears to be? In Main Street Public Library, eminent library historian Wayne Wiegand studies four emblematic small-town libraries in the Midwest from the late nineteenth century through the federal Library Service Act of 1956, and shows that these institutions served a much different purpose than is so often perceived. Rather than acting as neutral institutions that are vital to democracy, the libraries of Sauk Centre, Minnesota; Osage, Iowa; Rhinelander, Wisconsin; and Lexington, Michigan, were actually mediating community literary values and providing a public space for the construction of social harmony. These libraries, and the librarians who ran them, were often just as susceptible to the political and social pressures of their time as any other public institution. By analyzing the collections of all four libraries and revealing what was being read and why certain acquisitions were passed over, Wiegand challenges both traditional perceptions and professional rhetoric about the role of libraries in our small-town communities. While the American public library has become essential to its local community, it is for reasons significantly different than those articulated by the “library faith.”

India S Democracy

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Author : Atul Kohli
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2014-07-14

India S Democracy written by Atul Kohli and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-14 with Political Science categories.

Nine contributors analyze state-society relations in India. A new epilogue covers the Rajiv Gandhi period, leading up to the important elections of December 1989. Originally published in 1988. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Democracy And Liberty

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Author : William Edward Hartpole Lecky
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1899

Democracy And Liberty written by William Edward Hartpole Lecky and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1899 with Democracy categories.