Public Knowledge, Private Ignorance: Toward a Library and Information Policy

by Patrick Wilson

An examination of the role of libraries in the utilization of knowledge and in enhancing the informed conduct of life incorporates a review of the goals of library use and library services. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387547827
• ISBN13: 9780837194851
• Release Date: June 1977
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A great read for library science folk.

Wilson's text reminds me quite a lot of Plato as he pares down his concepts from wide to narrow. A careful read of this dense little book just left me breathless at the end. I think I more clearly understand the future of library science in a high tech world now, even if the Internet isn't mentioned once in this quarter century year old text. Wilson was truly ahead of his time with these concepts.