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The new librarianship field guide / R. David Lankes ; with contributions from Wendy Newman, Sue Kowalski, Beck Tench, and Cheryl Gould ; and guidance from the New Librarianship Collaborative: Kimberly Silk, Wendy Newman, and Lauren Britton.

By: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA ; London, England, UK : The MIT Press, ©2016Description: viii, 226 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text.
ISBN:
  • 9780262529082 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 020.1/L27
LOC classification:
  • Z665 .L375 2016
Other classification:
  • GRef/COED
Contents:
Librarianship full stop -- They named the building after us -- The mission of librarians -- Knowledge creation -- Facilitation -- Participatory systems -- Improve society -- Librarians -- Pragmatic utopians -- What is a library? -- Saving money and the world -- A platform for knowledge development -- Fitting knowledge in a box -- Academic libraries -- School libraries -- Public libraries -- Engines of advancement -- Coda -- Excursus : from mission to missionary -- Facilitating new librarianship learning -- Observations from the field -- FAQs (frequently argued questions) -- Discussion points.
Summary: How librarians can be radical positive change agents in their communities, dedicated to learning and making a difference.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-219) and index.

Librarianship full stop -- They named the building after us -- The mission of librarians -- Knowledge creation -- Facilitation -- Participatory systems -- Improve society -- Librarians -- Pragmatic utopians -- What is a library? -- Saving money and the world -- A platform for knowledge development -- Fitting knowledge in a box -- Academic libraries -- School libraries -- Public libraries -- Engines of advancement -- Coda -- Excursus : from mission to missionary -- Facilitating new librarianship learning -- Observations from the field -- FAQs (frequently argued questions) -- Discussion points.

How librarians can be radical positive change agents in their communities, dedicated to learning and making a difference.

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