Librarianship: A Third World Perspective (Contributions in Military Studies) [Hardcover]

Rosario Gassol De Horowitz (Author), Rosario Gassol de Horowitz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1988 | ISBN-10: 0313255075 | ISBN-13: 978-0313255076

Among the problems that Third World countries face is the need to integrate education--especially programs that promote basic literacy--into the development process. Part of the challenge is to create programs in library and information studies that are not wholly derived from First World institutions and ideologies but spring from the needs of the very different societies they are intended to serve. In this book, Horowitz offers the first detailed assessment of the role of librarianship in a nation struggling to overcome underdevelopment. Through her systematic rethinking of the conceptual basis of library and information studies, she provides a practical synthesis that reconciles opposing views and establishes the validity of Third World perspectives in their own right.

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Review

?Librarianship: A Third World Perspective argues that the conceptual basis for librarianship and information studies in developed nations cannot be blindly applied to nations and regions struggling with underdevelopment. Author Rosario Gassol de Hororwitz, professor of library science at Simon Bolivar University, Caracas, Venezuela, also outlines a training program for Third World librarians. Raynard Swank, who wrote the book's foreword, recommends the work to all librarians as the first effort to rationalize library and information studies world-wide . . .?-American Libraries

About the Author

ROSARIO GASSOL DE HOROWITZ is a Professor of Library Science at the Simon Bolivar University in Caracas, Venezuela.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 150 pages
• Publisher: Greenwood Press (May 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0313255075
• ISBN-13: 978-0313255076
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,062,067 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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