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This wide-ranging, comparative, and multidisciplinary collection
addresses the significance of books in creating the idea of home.
The chapters present cases that reveal the affective and sensory
dimensions of books and reading in the practice of everyday life of
individuals, in communities, and in society. The complex
relationship of books, reading, and home is explored through
American and European case studies both in bourgeois and
middle-class homes, and in working-class and immigrant families and
communities with limited possibilities for reading. The volume
combines the conceptions and representations of domesticity, the
materiality of reading, and library as a place, drawing on book
history and material culture studies as well as anthropology and
sociology of the home.
This wide-ranging, comparative, and multidisciplinary collection
addresses the significance of books in creating the idea of home.
The chapters present cases that reveal the affective and sensory
dimensions of books and reading in the practice of everyday life of
individuals, in communities, and in society. The complex
relationship of books, reading, and home is explored through
American and European case studies both in bourgeois and
middle-class homes, and in working-class and immigrant families and
communities with limited possibilities for reading. The volume
combines the conceptions and representations of domesticity, the
materiality of reading, and library as a place, drawing on book
history and material culture studies as well as anthropology and
sociology of the home.
Long recognized as a cultural watershed and touchstone of
modernity, the 1893 Chicago World's Fair (World’s Columbian
Exposition) was the site of the first large-scale international
library of writing by women. The result of years of planning
and cooperation by women’s organizations in twenty-four
countries from North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and the
Middle East, the library of the Woman’s Building contained
more than 8,000 volumes, with more than 3,000 from countries
other than the United States. This book collects the work of
feminist scholars specializing in different national
traditions and transnational comparative analysis and focuses on
the contributions of the international (non-US) women’s
committees to extend our understanding of women’s
contribution to global print culture and the extension of
women's rights up to 1893.
A broad, comparative history of librarianship, this intriguing work
goes beyond the standard focus on institutions and collections to
help you explore the part modern librarianship played-and continues
to play-in forming Western cultures. Previous histories of
libraries in the Western world-the last of which was published
nearly 20 years ago-concentrate on libraries and librarians. This
book takes a different approach. It focuses on the practice of
librarianship, showing you how that practice has contributed to
constructing the heritage of cultures. To do so, this
groundbreaking collection of essays presents the history of modern
librarianship in the context of recent developments of the library
institution, professionalization of librarianship, and innovation
through information technology. Organized by region, the book
addresses the widely recognized, international impact of
Anglo-American librarianship and its continuing influence over the
past century, combining critical analysis with chronological
histories of modern librarianship in Europe, North America,
Australia/New Zealand, and Africa. An introductory chapter explains
the origins of the project, and a concluding chapter examines the
effects of digitization on modern librarianship in the 21st
century. Discusses the cultural role of libraries and the role of
information in shaping modern society Deepens readers'
understanding of the history of the 20th century and modern
librarianship, including digital convergence of the past two
decades Analyzes the cycles of "information explosion" and multiple
information eras as part of the development of librarianship over
more than a century Explores tensions around professional
neutrality in the provision of public access to information and
knowledge in a democratic society
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