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International and comparative librarianship : concepts and methods for global studies / Peter Johan Lor.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Global studies in libraries and information ; v. 4.Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: xliv, 905 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9783110267914 (hardcover)
  • 3110267918 (hardcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 020.621 LOR 23 016995
LOC classification:
  • Z672.3  .L67 2019
Summary: Based on his extensive experience in international librarianship, Peter Johan Lor, South Africa's first National Librarian and a former Secretary General of the IFLA, has written the first comprehensive and systematic overview of international and comparative librarianship. His book provides a conceptual framework and methodological guidelines for the field and covers the full range of international relations among libraries and information services, with particular attention to the international political economy of information, the international diffusion of innovations and policy in library and information services, LIS development and international aid. It concludes with a discussion of the practical relevance and future of international and comparative studies in LIS.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Based on his extensive experience in international librarianship, Peter Johan Lor, South Africa's first National Librarian and a former Secretary General of the IFLA, has written the first comprehensive and systematic overview of international and comparative librarianship. His book provides a conceptual framework and methodological guidelines for the field and covers the full range of international relations among libraries and information services, with particular attention to the international political economy of information, the international diffusion of innovations and policy in library and information services, LIS development and international aid. It concludes with a discussion of the practical relevance and future of international and comparative studies in LIS.

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