Information and liberation : writings on the politics of information and librarianship / Shiraz Durrani
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Durrani, Shiraz (författare)
- ISBN 978-0-9802004-0-9 (acid-free paper)
- Duluth, Minn. : Library Juice Press, 2008
- Engelska 345 s.
Innehållsförteckning
Sammanfattning
Ämnesord
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- To inform is to liberate -- Setting the scene (1) : rocking the boat -- Veterinary information in Kenya -- Lessons in Kenyan librarianship : leadership, management and the library worker -- Rural information in Kenya -- Agricultural information services in Kenya and third world needs -- Libraries, communication & development in Kenya : the missing political factor -- Human rights and information in Kenya : a question of political power -- The mirage of democracy in Kenya -- Independence in Kenya and the lost opportunity -- Information relevance, equality, and material security : the Kenyan experience (1998) -- Politics of information, information for politics -- Setting the scene (2) : a mere librarian doing research -- The politics of food -- The other Kenya : underground and alternative literature -- Information in Kenyan liberation struggle : facts and fiction -- Voices of resistance : underground publishing in Kenya, 1963-1998 -- Setting the scene (3) : no equality of conditions -- The search for social justice -- Black communities and information workers in search of social justice (1999) -- Combating racism in library and information services -- Struggle against racial exclusion in public libraries -- Equality : a service development approach -- Mainstreaming equality, meeting needs -- Create a people-orientated public library service -- Creating a new library, creating a new library manager -- Comments on "new direction in social policy" -- The challenge for libraries in a multicultural society -- Politics of information and resistance -- Capitalism and socialism : has the contradiction been resolved? -- Returning a stare : people's struggles for political and social inclusion -- The professional is political : redefining the social role of public libraries -- The role of the Library Association -- Never be silent : launch, Nairobi -- Communications for liberation : launch of Never be silent, London -- Trade union movement in Kenya & their communications system -- Politics of information & knowledge in Africa -- Setting the scene (4) : need for active involvement -- Three questions from bis -- Interview with Shiraz Durrani, 11th May 2004 -- Breaking the culture of silence -- Three questions from bis -- Library Association motions on race and class -- Comprehensive and efficient : standards for modern public libraries, a response -- Progressive librarians & activists campaign to save CRE Library -- The educational role of public libraries in combating racism and xenophobia -- Incorporating reflective learning in information management -- Learning by doing : lifelong learning through innovations projects at DASS -- Changing course content to meet changing needs -- The facts behind the Three Continents Liberation Collection -- The Black and Minority Ethnic Stock Group in Hackney libraries -- Young people in control -- Quality Leaders Project-Youth : a search for a relevant information service (2005-06) -- Progressive librarianship in Africa : the PALIAct story -- Quality Leaders Project (Youth) : report 4 to PHF -- QLP-Y on a journey of a thousand kilometres -- Filling the youth shaped hole -- Book reviews. The quiet struggle ; Mother Kenya -- Libraries for all : a tool for change? -- Stop talking, start doing! -- Black perspective on history of libraries : a review article -- Review : framework of lost opportunities -- Organise, do not agonise.
- "A collection of the writings of Shiraz Durrani, British-Kenyan library science professor and political activist"--Provided by publisher.
Ämnesord
- Information policy -- Kenya. (LCSH)
- Information policy -- Great Britain. (LCSH)
- Library science -- Political aspects -- Kenya. (LCSH)
- Library science -- Political aspects -- Great Britain. (LCSH)
- Library science -- Social aspects -- Kenya. (LCSH)
- Library science -- Social aspects -- Great Britain. (LCSH)
- Information society -- Political aspects. (LCSH)
- Libraries and society. (LCSH)
- Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap -- politiska aspekter -- Kenya (sao)
- Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap -- politiska aspekter -- Storbritannien (sao)
- Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap -- sociala aspekter -- Kenya (sao)
- Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap -- sociala aspekter -- Storbritannien (sao)
- Informationssamhället -- politiska aspekter (sao)
- Bibliotek och samhälle (sao)
- Libraries and society (LCSH)
Klassifikation
- 020.96762 (DDC)
- Ab:oa (kssb/8)
- Ab-pfb kssb/8
- Ab-e (kssb/8)
- Abb (kssb/8)
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