Globalizing the Library
Globalizing the Library focuses on the globalization of information and the library in the period following the Second World War. Providing an examination of the ideas and aspirations surrounding information and the library, as well as the actual practices and actions of information professionals fr...
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2025
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| author | Laugesen, Amanda |
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| description | Globalizing the Library focuses on the globalization of information and the library in the period following the Second World War. Providing an examination of the ideas and aspirations surrounding information and the library, as well as the actual practices and actions of information professionals from the United States, Britain, and those working with organizations such as Unesco to develop library services, this book tells an important story about international history that also provides insight into the history of information, globalization, and cultural relations. Exploring efforts to help build library services and train a cohort of professional librarians around the globe, the book examines countries in Asia, Africa, and the Pacific during the period of the Cold War and decolonization. Using the ideas of ‘library diplomacy’ and ‘library imperialism’ to frame Anglo-American involvement in this work, Laugesen examines the impact library development work had on various countries. The book also considers what might have motivated nations in the global South to use foreign aid to help develop their library services and information infrastructure. Globalizing the Library prompts reflection on the way in which library services are developed and the way professional knowledge is transferred, while also illuminating the power structures that have shaped global information infrastructures. As a result, the book should be essential reading for academics and students engaged in the study of libraries, development, and information. It should also be of great interest to information professionals and information historians who are reflecting critically on the way information has been transferred, consumed, and shaped in the modern world. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1607062025-07-29T14:03:32Z Globalizing the Library Laugesen, Amanda Laugesen International Library Development Internet Information Globalizing Practices Infrastructure Power World War two History Globalization Decolonization Culture Young Men Modern USA National Library Ivory Coast Library Training School West Germany USIS Library Britain’s Library Association American Library Association Intern Librarian Program Nigerian Librarian Information Infrastructure Cold War Cultural Diplomacy British Council Libraries Ala Committee thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GL Library and information sciences / Museology thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations Globalizing the Library focuses on the globalization of information and the library in the period following the Second World War. Providing an examination of the ideas and aspirations surrounding information and the library, as well as the actual practices and actions of information professionals from the United States, Britain, and those working with organizations such as Unesco to develop library services, this book tells an important story about international history that also provides insight into the history of information, globalization, and cultural relations. Exploring efforts to help build library services and train a cohort of professional librarians around the globe, the book examines countries in Asia, Africa, and the Pacific during the period of the Cold War and decolonization. Using the ideas of ‘library diplomacy’ and ‘library imperialism’ to frame Anglo-American involvement in this work, Laugesen examines the impact library development work had on various countries. The book also considers what might have motivated nations in the global South to use foreign aid to help develop their library services and information infrastructure. Globalizing the Library prompts reflection on the way in which library services are developed and the way professional knowledge is transferred, while also illuminating the power structures that have shaped global information infrastructures. As a result, the book should be essential reading for academics and students engaged in the study of libraries, development, and information. It should also be of great interest to information professionals and information historians who are reflecting critically on the way information has been transferred, consumed, and shaped in the modern world. 2025-05-29T05:11:00Z 2025-05-29T05:11:00Z 2025-05-28T08:25:37Z 2019 book ONIX_20250528T101339_9781351250917_88 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/102957 9781351250917 9780815370031 9780367660864 9781351250894 9781351250900 9781351250924 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/160706 eng Routledge Studies in Library and Information Science open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/102957/1/9781351250917.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/102957/1/9781351250917.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781351250924 10.4324/9781351250924 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 Knowledge Unlatched b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781351250917 9780815370031 9780367660864 9781351250894 9781351250900 9781351250924 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Select 2022: HSS Backlist Books Routledge 188 Oxford [...] open access |
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