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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823073203321

Autore

Cox Richard J

Titolo

The demise of the library school [[electronic resource] ] : personal reflections on professional education in the modern corporate university / / by Richard J. Cox

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Duluth, MN, : Library Juice Press, 2010

ISBN

1-936117-45-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (357 p.)

Disciplina

020.7

Soggetti

Library education

Library schools - Curricula

Archives - Study and teaching (Higher)

Information science - Study and teaching

Professional education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Setting the scene -- Reading, writing, and the old library school -- Personal interlude : loving books, without apology -- Spectacle of the corporate university -- Rethinking the traditional school (and values) -- Archival studies : a case study -- Looking for our way (reading and writing) in professional schools -- Teaching in the professional school in the changing university.

Sommario/riassunto

"A series of meditations on critical themes relating to the education of librarians, archivists, and other information professionals, playing off of other commentators analyzing the nature of higher education and its problems and aims"--Provided by publisher.