New Full Text Book (Open Access): Libraries Driving Access to Knowledge
This new book from IFLA is open access. Read online, download chapters (PDF). A bound volume of the book is also available for purchase.
Title
Libraries Driving Access to Knowledge
Editors
Jesús Lau
Anna Maria Tammaro
Theo Bothma
Source
International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA)
Published by De Gruyter Saur, 2012
Blurb
This book is a must for librarians with international interest in access to knowledge. It includes a collection of 15 chapters written by authors from all over the world and covers different approaches to the vital role of libraries driving access to knowledge. There are chapters that offer solutions and ideas to enable libraries to become the knowledge engine in society. Other chapters discuss the conceptual part of the subject and related services. The book was compiled as part of the presidential theme of Ellen Tise, IFLA President 2009-2011, with the aim of offering the reader a good portrait of the opportunities and challenges that libraries have in driving access to knowledge.
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.