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Publication Date: 2005-May
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Librarianship in the 21st Century--Crisis or Transformation?
Hillenbrand, Candy
Australian Library Journal, v54 n2 p164-181 May 2005
The author argues that the profession of librarianship is in crisis. She seeks to identify the characteristics and analyse the qualities of this phenomenon in order to draw conclusions about future trends and directions for the profession. It is argued that this crisis is an outward sign of a deeper transformation which is taking place and which affects the discipline as a whole including education and practice. The recent evolution of the profession is traced against the background of the broader transition from the modern to the postmodern era. The object is to reveal how the widespread social, cultural and technological changes of the 21st century are impacting on the library, the librarian, the customer or client and the fundamental nature of information itself. (Contains 14 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Library Science, Librarians, Futures (of Society), Change, Epistemology, Postmodernism, Library Education, Knowledge Economy, Values, Library Role
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Language: English
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