Global Library and Information Science
A Textbook for Students and Educators. With Contributions from Africa, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Latin America and the Carribean, the Middle East, and North America
Ed. by Abdullahi, Ismail
Series: IFLA Publications 136/137
Open Access
- eBook open access since 14 August 2011
Aims and Scope
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.
Supplementary Materials
- 592 pages
- DE GRUYTER SAUR
- Language:
- English
- Type of Publication:
- Specialist Text
- Subjects
- Books and Publishing, Libraries, Information and Documentation > Libraries, Information and Documentation