Understanding Community Librarianship
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Author_Alistair Black
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Central Government
Community Information Services
Community Librarianship
community librarianship theory and practice
Community Library Services
cultural policy analysis
Dave Muddiman
Divided Labour Party
Early Public Library
Educational Association
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Future Public Library
information society studies
library
Library Authorities
Library Services
library user engagement
local government research
Manchester Public Library
National Library
public
Public Librarians Professionalism
Public Library
Public Library Authorities
Public Library Development
Public Library Movement
Public Library Policy
Public Library Provision
Public Library Purpose
Public Library Response
Public Library Service
Public Library Staff
Public Library Work
public service provision
Senior Library Assistants
service
social science perspectives
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- ISBN 9781138276840
- Weight: 340g
- Dimensions: 152 x 219mm
- Publication Date: 25 Sep 2017
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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In the information society, is the community focused library a real possibility? This book reappraises the relationship between the library and its communities through an examination of the rise and decline of ’community’ librarianship over the last three decades. The authors consider key models of community based library service and argue that bland assertions of community prevalence mask a complex and problematic relationship between a highly traditional public service bureaucracy and its users. The resulting uncertainty of purpose, they claim, explains much of the current ’crisis’ of the public library movement. Drawing on recent social science theory and empirical work in the field, this book offers a new and critical perspective on the current public library debate. It is essential reading for librarians, students of information and library science and all who have a stake in the future of the public library. As a case study of community, public service and the local state it should also be of value to those with an interest in community development, cultural policy and local government.
Alistair Black is a lecturer at Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK. David Muddiman is a lecturer at Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK.
