Our enduring values revisited
Subtitle: librarianship in an ever-changing world
By: Michael Gorman
Publisher: ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association; Amer Library Assn Editions
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780838913000
Subjects: Libraries; Professional ethics; Aims and objectives; Effect of technological innovations on; Librarians; Library science
Other titles: Librarianship in an ever-changing world
Description: In recent years there has been a sea change in the way much of the world thinks about and uses libraries. Young librarians and seasoned LIS professionals alike are experiencing increasing pressure to adjust to new economic, societal, and technological demands amidst the often-dire rhetoric currently surrounding the future of our institutions. Gorman reconnects readers with the core values that continue to inspire generations of library professionals and scholars while making the case that these values are doubly crucial to hold on to in the brave new shifting world of librarianship.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Values and the human record; title: The history and philosophy of library values; title: The value of libraries; title: The library as place; title: Stewardship; title: Service; title: Intellectual freedom; title: Rationalism; title: Literacy and learning; title: Equity of access to recorded knowledge and information; title: Privacy; title: Democracy; title: The greater good; title: Keeping faith.