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The New Librarianship Field Guide (Paperback)
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The New Librarianship Field Guide (Paperback)
Series: The MIT Press
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How librarians can be radical positive change agents in their
communities, dedicated to learning and making a difference. This
book offers a guide for librarians who see their profession as a
chance to make a positive difference in their
communities-librarians who recognize that it is no longer enough to
stand behind a desk waiting to serve. R. David Lankes, author of
The Atlas of New Librarianship, reminds librarians of their
mission: to improve society by facilitating knowledge creation in
their communities. In this book, he provides tools, arguments,
resources, and ideas for fulfilling this mission. Librarians will
be prepared to become radical positive change agents in their
communities, and other readers will learn to understand libraries
in a new way. The librarians of Ferguson, Missouri, famously became
positive change agents in August 2014 when they opened library
doors when schools were closed because of civil unrest after the
shooting of an unarmed teen by police. Working with other local
organizations, they provided children and their parents a space for
learning, lunch, and peace. But other libraries serve other
communities-students, faculty, scholars, law firms-in other ways.
All libraries are about community, writes Lankes; that is just
librarianship. In concise chapters, Lankes addresses the mission of
libraries and explains what constitutes a library. He offers
practical advice for librarian training; provides teaching notes
for each chapter; and answers "Frequently Argued Questions" about
the new librarianship.
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