Class and librarianship
Subtitle: essays at the intersection of information, labor and capital
By: edited by Erik Estep, Nathaniel F. Enright
Publisher: Library Juice Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Sacramento, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9781936117741
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Libraries and society; Libraries and labor; Social classes
Description: "Examines the interaction of information, labor, capital, class, and librarianship"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The academic library as crypto-temple : a Marxian analysis / by Stephen Bales; title: Social reproduction in the early American public library : exploring the connections between capital and gender / by Alexandra Carruthers; title: From steam engines to search engines : class struggle in the information economy / by Amanda Bird and Braden Cannon; title: Working with information : some initial enquiries / by Steve Wright; title: Crisis talk / by Toni Samek; title: Poverty and the public library : how Canadian public libraries are serving the economically challenged / by Peggy McEachron and Sarah Barriage; title: Lost in the gaps : the plight of the pro se patron / by Carey Sias.