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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455136303321

Titolo

Global library and information science [[electronic resource] ] : a textbook for students and educators : with contributions from Africa, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, and North America / / edited by Ismail Abdullahi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mùˆnchen, : K.G. Saur, 2009

ISBN

1-282-18813-5

9786612188138

3-598-44134-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (592 p.)

Collana

IFLA publications ; ; 136-137

Classificazione

AN 57500

Altri autori (Persone)

AbdullahiIsmael

Disciplina

020

Soggetti

Comparative librarianship

International librarianship

Libraries

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PUBLIC LIBRARIES -- ACADEMIC LIBRARIES -- SPECIAL LIBRARIES -- SCHOOL LIBRARIES -- LIS EDUCATION -- INTRODUCTION -- PUBLIC LIBRARIES -- ACADEMIC LIBRARIES -- SPECIAL LIBRARIES -- LIS EDUCATION -- INTRODUCTION -- PUBLIC LIBRARIES -- ACADEMIC LIBRARIES -- SPECIAL LIBRARIES -- SCHOOL LIBRARIES -- LIS EDUCATION -- INTRODUCTION -- PUBLIC LIBRARIES -- ACADEMIC LIBRARIES -- LIS EDUCATION -- INTRODUCTION -- PUBLIC LIBRARIES -- UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES -- SCHOOL LIBRARIES -- LIS EDUCATION -- INTRODUCTION -- PUBLIC LIBRARIES -- ACADEMIC LIBRARIES -- SPECIAL LIBRARIES -- SCHOOL LIBRARIES -- LIS EDUCATION -- INTRODUCTION -- PUBLIC LIBRARIES -- ACADEMIC LIBRARIES -- SPECIAL LIBRARIES -- SCHOOL LIBRARIES -- LIS EDUCATION -- GLOBAL ROLES OF LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents international librarianship and library science



through insightful and well written chapters contributed by experts and scholars from six regions of the world. The role of public, academic, special, school libraries, as well as library and information science education are presented from the early development to the present time. Its lively, readable approach will help the reader to understand librarianship in Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, and North America.Edited by Ismail Abdullahi, Professor of Global Li