The Heart of the University: Revisiting an Enduring Metaphor
Fuente:
ERIC Institute of Education Sciences
Guardado en:
| Autores principales: | , |
|---|---|
| Formato: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Lenguaje: | en |
| Publicado: |
2023
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | |
| Etiquetas: |
Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
|
| _version_ | 1867180871273938944 |
|---|---|
| author | Salisbury, Fiona Peseta, Tai |
| author_facet | Salisbury, Fiona Peseta, Tai Salisbury, Fiona Peseta, Tai |
| collection | Education Resources Information Center |
| contents | The Heart of the University: Revisiting an Enduring Metaphor Salisbury, Fiona Peseta, Tai Academic Libraries Figurative Language Universities Discourse Analysis Scholarship Research Libraries Institutional Characteristics Librarian Attitudes One of the most enduring and controversial metaphors to describe the academic library is this: "The academic library is the heart of the university." For 150 years, librarians have both embraced and rejected this metaphor in equal measure. For some, the metaphor is old, dusty, and ignorant of contemporary library practices; for others, it endures precisely because of the place it affords the library at the center of the university. While it is understandable that these polarized views persist, is contestation the only possible outcome of this discussion? Subjecting the metaphor to a more critical analysis has the potential to rekindle an appreciation for it and to reveal other possible understandings hidden within its words. This paper draws on traditions of metaphor analysis to invite questions about how this metaphor might be construed and read differently. In doing so, the aim is to indicate why and how the metaphor remains vital, and to examine how it can refresh academic library scholarship and practice. Its future relevance lies not with the library as the heart of the university, but with the library engaged in the scholarly debate about what the heart of the university is. |
| format | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| id | eric_EJ1391207 |
| institution | ERIC Institute of Education Sciences |
| language | en |
| publishDate | 2023 |
| record_format | eric |
| spellingShingle | The Heart of the University: Revisiting an Enduring Metaphor Salisbury, Fiona Peseta, Tai Academic Libraries Figurative Language Universities Discourse Analysis Scholarship Research Libraries Institutional Characteristics Librarian Attitudes The Heart of the University: Revisiting an Enduring Metaphor Salisbury, Fiona Peseta, Tai Academic Libraries Figurative Language Universities Discourse Analysis Scholarship Research Libraries Institutional Characteristics Librarian Attitudes One of the most enduring and controversial metaphors to describe the academic library is this: "The academic library is the heart of the university." For 150 years, librarians have both embraced and rejected this metaphor in equal measure. For some, the metaphor is old, dusty, and ignorant of contemporary library practices; for others, it endures precisely because of the place it affords the library at the center of the university. While it is understandable that these polarized views persist, is contestation the only possible outcome of this discussion? Subjecting the metaphor to a more critical analysis has the potential to rekindle an appreciation for it and to reveal other possible understandings hidden within its words. This paper draws on traditions of metaphor analysis to invite questions about how this metaphor might be construed and read differently. In doing so, the aim is to indicate why and how the metaphor remains vital, and to examine how it can refresh academic library scholarship and practice. Its future relevance lies not with the library as the heart of the university, but with the library engaged in the scholarly debate about what the heart of the university is. |
| title | The Heart of the University: Revisiting an Enduring Metaphor |
| topic | Academic Libraries Figurative Language Universities Discourse Analysis Scholarship Research Libraries Institutional Characteristics Librarian Attitudes |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1391207 |