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Buschman, John – Library Quarterly, 2007
Michel Foucault (1926-84) is a primary thinker informing the construction of a critical theory of library and information science (LIS), or librarianship. He is widely cited and is adapted in various ways that focus on LIS forms of power, discourse, and so on. Others have addressed Foucault's topics, but he remains central. Librarianship has taken…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Library Science, Philosophy, Literature Reviews
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Lehmann, Stephen – College & Research Libraries, 1995
Examines German academic librarianship through interviews with German library journals and German librarians. Discusses the German concern with "Bibliothekspolitik," the internal politics of librarianship. Describes a set of initiatives intended to make German professional journals more readily available to American librarians.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Interviews, Librarians
Stieg, Margaret F. – 1992
This book assesses the role of library and information science education in the American university against a broad background of the issues faced by professional schools and the field in general. The book is based in part on information provided by eight accredited schools of library and information science. The issues covered include: (1) what…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Educational Objectives, Faculty, Graduate Students