The Politics of Professionalism: A Retro-Progressive Proposal for Librarianship

This book presents a retro-progressive proposal for the education of librarians: the removal of library education from the jurisdiction of universities, which in recent decades have become increasingly corporatized, internalizing market-based concepts such as performance metrics and "audit culture" to the extent that, ideologically speaking, they are indistinguishable from corporations. The author...
By Juris Dilevko
Paperback: 242 pages
Publisher: Library Juice Press (December 1, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9781936117048
ISBN-13: 978-1936117048
ASIN: 1936117045
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches
Format: PDF ePub TXT ebook
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This is a carefully argued thesis on the qualitative costs of technocentrism and the broad movement towards reductionism and erstwhile professionalism in librarianship and the role of libraries. The author questions what it means to be regarded as a 'professional' today (in terms of technical skill ...
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