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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1996
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ536298 |
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- Librarianship and Public Culture in the Age of Information Capitalism. Blanke, Henry T. Access to Information Capitalism Criticism Culture Democracy Democratic Values Entrepreneurship Libraries Library Role Library Science Models Opinions Trend Analysis Contends that an entrepreneurial model of librarianship contradicts traditional ideals of free and equal access to information and argues that such a model threatens the future of the library as a vital public sphere of democratic culture. Discusses broad trends of advanced capitalism to provide a context for the critical interpretation of issues within librarianship. (PEN)