A political economy of librarianship

被引：0

作者：

Birdsall, Willian F. ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA

[2] Univ Minnesota, Lib Studies, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA

来源：

PERSPECTIVAS EM CIENCIA DA INFORMACAO | 2005年 / 10卷 / 01期

关键词：

Librarianship; Political economy; Information infrastructure; Information public policies;

D O I：

暂无

中图分类号：

G25 [图书馆学、图书馆事业]; G35 [情报学、情报工作];

学科分类号：

1205 ; 120501 ;

摘要：

Librarians are striving to insure that libraries are part of emerging national and global information infrastructures. The creation of these infrastructures is typically presented as being the result of developments in information technology, in particular, the convergence of computing and telecommunications. Such a view encourages librarians to be lulled into thinking the challenge facing them is solely technical. This is not the case. The potential transformation of libraries due to developments in information technology cannot be divorced from political and economic forces driving technological change. Consequently, this paper argues that there is a need for a political economy of librarianship.

引用

页码：86 / 93

页数：8