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UNINA9910822552803321 |
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Autore |
Gorman Michael |
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Titolo |
Our Enduring Values Revisited [[electronic resource] ] : Librarianship in an Ever-Changing World |
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Chicago, : American Library Association, 2015 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (255 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Librarians -- Effect of technological innovations on -- United States |
Librarians -- Professional ethics -- United States |
Libraries -- Aims and objectives -- United States |
Library science -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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OUR ENDURING VALUES REVISITED: LIBRARIANSHIP IN AN EVER-CHANGING WORLD; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PREFACE: THE WORLD TURNED RIGHT SIDE UP?; CHAPTER 1: VALUES; CHAPTER 2: HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY; CHAPTER 3: THE VALUE OF LIBRARIES; CHAPTER 4: THE LIBRARY AS PLACE; CHAPTER 5: STEWARDSHIP; CHAPTER 6: SERVICE; CHAPTER 7: INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM; CHAPTER 8: RATIONALISM; CHAPTER 9: LITERACY AND LEARNING; CHAPTER 10: EQUITY OF ACCESS; CHAPTER 11: PRIVACY; CHAPTER 12: DEMOCRACY; CHAPTER 13: THE GREATER GOOD; CHAPTER 14: KEEPING FAITH; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this stirring manifesto, public intellectual, librarian, and philosopher Gorman addresses head on the "existential panic" among library professionals caused by the radical shift in how libraries are viewed. |
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