Libraries In A World Of Cultural Change

by Liz Greenhalgh, Ken Worpole

Overview

A study of libraries and the role they play in both inner city areas and dispersed rural communities. It examines the library as a cultural institution, considering its spatial and symbolic presence and exploring its public service remit. The book is intended for undergraduates and postgraduates on library and information science courses and as supplementary reading for cultural and communications studies, tourism and recreation, human geography and sociology - as well as for public and academic librarians.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134223534
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/05/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	346 KB

About the Author

Liz Greenhalgh, Ken Worple, Charles Landry

Table of Contents

Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Key concepts; Part 2 Institutions in crisis; Chapter 3 The end of enlightenment; Chapter 4 The changing role of public institutions; Chapter 5 The modern library network; Chapter 6 Political invisibility; Part 3 The “libraryness” of libraries; Chapter 7 What makes libraries special?; Chapter 8 The era of light and glass; Part 4 Spheres of influence; Chapter 9 Libraries and urban vitality; Chapter 10 The invisible web: the public library and social policy; Chapter 11 Education and life-long learning; Chapter 12 Information and the right to know; Chapter 13 Other worlds: libraries, fiction and popular reading; Part 5 Tomorrow’s world; Chapter 14 Past, present and future; Chapter 15 The modern state and new meanings of the public;