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dc.contributor.authorLaugesen, Amanda
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-10T12:48:07Z
dc.date.available2022-02-10T12:48:07Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifierONIX_20220210_9781351250917_19
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/52764
dc.description.abstractGlobalizing 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.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesRoutledge Studies in Library and Information Science
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GL Library and information sciences / Museology::GLM Library and information servicesen_US
dc.subject.otherLibrary and information services
dc.titleGlobalizing the Library
dc.title.alternativeLibrarians and Development Work, 1945–1970
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.4324/9781351250924
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb
oapen.relation.isFundedByKnowledge Unlatched
oapen.relation.isbn9781351250917
oapen.relation.isbn9780815370031
oapen.relation.isbn9780367660864
oapen.relation.isbn9781351250924
oapen.collectionKnowledge Unlatched (KU)
oapen.imprintRoutledge
oapen.pages188
oapen.grant.number7202


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