Global Library and Information Science: A Textbook for Students and Educators. With Contributions from Africa, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, ... America: 136 (IFLA Publications, 136/137) - Hardcover

 
9783598220425: Global Library and Information Science: A Textbook for Students and Educators. With Contributions from Africa, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, ... America: 136 (IFLA Publications, 136/137)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 3598220421 ISBN 13: 9783598220425
Publisher: Saur de Gruyter, 2009

Synopsis

This book presents international librarianship and library science through insightful and well written chapters contributed by experts and scholars from six regions of the world. The role of public, academic, special, school libraries, as well as library and information science education are presented from the early development to the present time. Its lively, readable approach will help the reader to understand librarianship in Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, and North America.Edited by Ismail Abdullahi, Professor of Global Library and Information Science, this book is a must-read by library science students and teachers, librarians, and anyone interested in Global Librarianship.

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About the Author

Ismail Abdullahi, North Carolina University, School of Library and Information Science, USA.

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Publisher
Saur de Gruyter
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3598220421
ISBN 13 
9783598220425
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
592
Editor
Abdullahi Ismail