Information Technology in Librarianship: New Critical Approaches

By Gloria J. Leckie

In the last 15 years, the ground - both in terms of technological advance and in the sophistication of analyses of technology - has shifted. At the same time, librarianship as a field has adopted a more skeptical perspective; libraries are feeling market pressure to adopt and use new innovations; and their librarians boast a greater awareness of the socio-cultural, economic, and ethical considerations of information and communications technologies. Within such a context, a fresh and critical analysis of the foundations and applications of technology in librarianship is long overdue.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591586291
• ISBN13: 9781591586296
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"