Globalizing the Library: Librarians and Development Work, 1945-1970

Reference Type Book
Year of Publication
2019
Author
Author: Amanda Laugesen
Language
English
Number of Pages
181 pp.
Publisher
Routledge
City
New York, NY
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Region
Africa
Asia
Europe
Latin America and Caribbean
Middle East
Oceania
United States
Library Type
Academic Libraries
Library Schools
Public Libraries
School Libraries
Chronological Period
1950-1999
ISBN
9780815370031
Annotation

Examines efforts by information professionals from the United States and Britain to foster global library development. 

Contents: 

  • Introduction. Libraries for the world
  • Imagining the global library
  • Libraries and World Peace
  • Libraries and the Global Project of modernization and modernity
  • The library and the making of the modern self
  • Identifying the "library problem"
  • International library work infrastructure
  • Surveys and seminars
  • Creating the "expert"
  • Making the modern library
  • UNESCO pilot public libraries
  • Library planning and development: Public, School and University libraries
  • Technologies, methods, literature
  • Making collections
  • Making the modern librarian
  • Training modern librarians: Establishing library schools
  • Training librarians: study abroad
  • Making a global profession
  • Libraries as foreign policy
  • British Council libraries and British colonialism
  • British Council libraries and their users
  • Libraries and American statecraft
  • USIS libraries in action
  • Library diplomacy and exchange
  • Librarians abroad: exchange programs and study tours
  • Librarians abroad: working and travelling overseas
  • Librarians and the Peace Corps
  • Conclusion