Public Libraries

This book demonstrates that public librarians can promote learning by combining the elements of Information Literacy Instruction (ILI) with traditional practice

The need for public libraries to tackle social exclusion and engage in social justice becomes ever more urgent as the gap between rich and poor continues to wid

Over the past thirty years, significant shifts in technology, political ideologies, and policy goals have resulted in an environment in which public libraries f

This important volume by one of the leading scholars in the field examines and discusses how library professionals can meet the demands of policy makers to open

This book presents international librarianship and library science through insightful and well written chapters contributed by experts and scholars from six reg