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Sacred Stacks: The Higher Purpose of Libraries and Librarianship - Softcover

Maxwell, Nancy Kalikow

 
9780838909171: Sacred Stacks: The Higher Purpose of Libraries and Librarianship
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0838909175 ISBN 13: 9780838909171
Verlag: ALA Editions, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

Librarianship as a calling is a powerful perspective. Many librarians sense the deeper meaning and higher purpose in their work, yet rarely have time to contemplate it. Maxwell's down-to-earth candor combined with scholarly insight is designed to inspire and enlighten her library peers and colleagues. Drawing from history, sociology, and philosophy, ""Sacred Stacks"" voices the importance of the library profession and libraries as community institutions in a secular time. Librarians, LIS students and educators, as well as trustees, can step into these Sacred Stacks to reignite meaning in their everyday work. Considering these higher purposes of libraries, Maxwell outlines the work of librarians and libraries that: promote community, uplift society, preserve and transmit culture, and organize chaos.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Nancy Kallkow Maxwell, currently an administrator at Miami Dade College North Campus Library, has more than thirty years of experience in public and academic libraries.

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Verlag
ALA Editions
Erscheinungsdatum
2006
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0838909175
ISBN 13 
9780838909171
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
172
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