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The Politics of Public Librarianship

The Politics of Public Librarianship

Hardcover

Series: New Directions in Information Management, Book 12

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ISBN10: 0313248168
ISBN13: 9780313248160
Publisher: Praeger
Published: Oct 16 1986
Pages: 170
Weight: 0.77
Height: 0.44 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Public librarians do not usually see themselves as politicians. However, as decision-makers in an institutional setting, affected by a variety of pressures and conflicting interests, they are involved in politics in both the broad and narrow sense. Moreover, recent developments in the public library system have brought the librarian directly into the political sphere. Professor Shavit's study, the first major work on the subject in over 35 years, fills a major gap in scholarship on the public library in the political process and provides a detailed survey of the political context in which the modern library functions.

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