Research Catalog

Title

Critical approaches to information technology in librarianship : foundations and applications / edited by John Buschman.

Publication

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1993.

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Details

Additional Authors

Buschman, John.

Description

vi, 230 pages; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Contributions in librarianship and information science, 0084-9243 ; no. 74

Uniform Title

Contributions in librarianship and information science ; no. 74.

Subject

• Libraries > United States > Automation
• Information technology > United States
• Information technology
• Libraries > Automation
• Bibliothek
• Datenverarbeitung
• Informationstechnik
• Aufsatzsammlung
• Informatietechnologie
• Bibliotheekbeheer
• Bibliothek
• United States
• USA
• USA

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-224) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction: Why Do We Need a Critical Approach to Information Technology in Librarianship? / John Buschman -- 2. The Neutrality of Technology: A Critique of Assumptions / Norman Balabanian -- 3. Critical Scholarship on Computers in Education: A Summary Review / Michael J. Carbone -- 4. Censorship, Critical Theory and New Information Technologies: Foundations of Critical Scholarship in Communications / Sue Curry Jansen -- 5. New Worlds of Computer-Mediated Word / Shoshana Zuboff -- 6. An Engineer's Critical Perspective on Technology / Steve M. Slaby -- 7. Issues in Censorship and Information Technology / John Buschman -- 8. The Civic Role of Libraries / Carolyn M. Gray -- 9. Librarianship, Technology, and the Labor Process: Theoretical Perspectives / Michael F. Winter -- 10. The Politics of Electronic Information: A Reassessment / John Haar -- 11. Conclusion: Contexts, Analogies, and Entrepreneurial Directions in Librarianship / John Buschman.

ISBN

• 0313284156
• 9780313284151

LCCN

93017866

OCLC

• ocm27430767
• 27430767
• SCSB-9493098

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library