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9780754648062

Equity and Excellence in the Public Library: Why Ignorance is Not our Heritage

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  • ISBN13:

    9780754648062

  • ISBN10:

    0754648060

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-11-28
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

This important volume by one of the leading scholars in the field examines and discusses how library professionals can meet the demands of policy makers to open up the public library service without destroying it. Based on a critical literature review, a survey of library professionals and consultations with stakeholders in the service, the book discusses the challenges involved in providing a library service which prioritizes equity and social inclusion and at the same time attempts to promote and maintain high intellectual and ethical standards. The author goes on to assess how those responsible for library services around the world deal with this dilemma and celebrate its possibilities.

Table of Contents

Preface
Equity and excellence - the librarian's dilemma?
Equity and excellence around the world
Value versus demand
Self-improvement, complex culture and the public good
Commercial imperative?
Developing critical capacity and creativity
Providing access to the best
Information is not enough
Education, education, education
Through excellence to inclusion
Professionals, practice and policy
Equity and excellence - a value judgement
Postscript
Appendices
Bibliography
Index
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