Ebook: Six issues facing libraries today: critical perspectives

“John M. Budd has been at this a long time. As one of librarianship’s deepest thinkers, he regularly spins out provocative ideas that always generate discussion. By drawing from literature outside the profession, he addresses some of contemporary librarianship’s most intractable questions. Read and enjoy!”
—WAYNE WIEGAND, F. William Summers Professor of Library and Information Studies emeritus, Florida State University
This book addresses some of the most pressing issues in library and information Science. It offers informed insight and perspectives on six essential and timely questions facing the profession:
• What is information?
• What is information literacy?
• What roles do academic libraries play in higher education today?
• How can we effectively edúcate librarians?
• What are the ethical and moral bases of the library and information professions ?
• What is the future of librarianship?
Written by John M. Budd, one of librarianship’s most respected educators and the author of twelve previous books, and copublished with Beta Phi Mu, the International Honor Society for librarianship, this is sure to become one of the profession’s most talked-about books.
John IVf. Blldd is professor emeritus at the University of Missouri, where he taught for twenty-two years, and was also on the faculties of the University of Arizona and Louisiana State University. He worked for several years as an academic librarian and is the author of more than one hundred journal articles and book chapters. He has also written a number of books, including Democracy, Economics, and the Public Good and The Changing Academic Library. He continúes to be involved in association duties and is still an active writer.