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Main Authors: Frankena, Frederick, Frankena, Joann Koelln
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1986
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ358304
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  • The Politics of Expertise and Role of the Librarian. Frankena, Frederick Frankena, Joann Koelln Decision Making Information Utilization Library Role Politics Social Change Technological Advancement Intended to introduce librarians to social science concepts relevant to the future of librarianship, this essay explores Birdsall's thesis that librarians belong to a special class of professions that share knowledge with their clients, and that the problems of these professions are political as well as social and economic. (EM)