Six Issues Facing Libraries Today: Critical Perspectives (Beta Phi Mu Scholars Series) - Hardcover

Book 4 of 11: Beta Phi Mu Scholars Series

John Budd

 
9781442277373: Six Issues Facing Libraries Today: Critical Perspectives (Beta Phi Mu Scholars Series)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1442277378 ISBN 13: 9781442277373
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2017

Synopsis

This book addresses some of the most pressing issues in library and information science. It offers informed insight and perspectives on six essential and timely questions facing the profession:

What is information?What is information literacy?What roles do academic libraries play in higher education today? How can we effectively educate librarians?What are the ethical and moral bases of the library and information professions?What is the future of librarianship?
Written by John M. Budd, one of librarianship’s most-respected educators and the author of twelve previous books, and copublished with Beta Phi Mu, the International Honor Society for librarianship, this is sure to become one of profession’s most talked-about books.

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About the Author

John M. Budd is Professor Emeritus with the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies of the University of Missouri. He has also been on the faculties of Louisiana State University and the University of Arizona. He is the author of more than 150 works, including Six Issues Facing Libraries Today: Critical Perspectives and The Library as Forum in the Social Media Age, published by Rowman & Littlefield. He is active in the American Library Association, the Association for Library and Information Science Education, and the Association of Information Science and Technology.

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Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1442277378
ISBN 13 
9781442277373
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
196