Progressive library organizations : a worldwide history
Alfred Kagan (Author)
"This work presents the history and impact of the seven most important progressive library organizations worldwide--in Austria, Germany, South Africa, Sweden, United Kingdom, and two in the United States. Each organization is considered within its national context, and in fact, the English word 'organization' does not quite fit the nature of all of the groups. The South African organization, LIWO, was transitional in that it helped bring South African librarianship from apartheid to majority rule and then disbanded. The other organizations or their successors are still working in one form or another. Some of the organizations have had or continue to have vibrant local chapters, though many of the original activists have recently retired or died. The author has interviewed many of them at a time when they were assessing their life work, and handing off to new generations"--Provided by publisher
eBook, English, 2015
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina, 2015
History
1 online resource (300 pages)
9781476617299, 1476617295
905854764
South Africa : Library and Information Workers Organisation (LIWO)
Sweden : Bibliotek i samhälle (BiS) (Libraries in Society)
Germany : Arbeitskreis Kritischer BibliothekarInnen (Akribie) (Working Group of Critical Librarians)
Austria : Arbeitskris kritischer Bibliothekarinnen und Biliothekare im Renner-Institut (KRIBIBI) (Working Group of Critical Librariarians in the Renner Institute)
United Kingdom : Information for Social Change (ISC)
United States : Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association (SRRT)
United States : The Progressive Librarians Guild (PLG)
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