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Information and liberation : writings on the politics of information and librarianship

Auteur : Shiraz Durrani
Éditeur : Duluth, Minn. : Library Juice Press, 2008.
Édition/format :   Livre : AnglaisVoir toutes les éditions et les formats
Résumé :
"A collection of the writings of Shiraz Durrani, British-Kenyan library science professor and political activist"--Provided by publisher.

Information and Liberation is a retrospective collection of Shiraz Durrani's articles and conference papers on the politics of information. The book documents the struggle for progressive and relevant information policies and practices over a period of 25 years in Kenya, Britain,  Lire la suite...

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Format : Livre
Tous les auteurs / collaborateurs : Shiraz Durrani
ISBN : 9780980200409 0980200407
Numéro OCLC : 231724510
Description : xxxiv, 345 p. ; 26 cm.
Contenu : To inform is to liberate --
Setting the scene (1) : rocking the boat --
Veterinary information in Kenya (1979) --
Lessons in Kenyan librarianship : leadership, management and the library worker (1984) --
Rural information in Kenya (1985) --
Agricultural information services in Kenya and third world needs (1987) --
Libraries, communication & development in Kenya : the missing political factor (1990) --
Human rights and information in Kenya : a question of political power (1994) --
The mirage of democracy in Kenya (1994) --
Independence in Kenya and the lost opportunity (1998) --
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 (1983) --
The other Kenya : underground and alternative literature (1997) --
Information in Kenyan liberation struggle : facts and fiction (2000) --
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 (2000) --
Struggle against racial exclusion in public libraries (2000) --
Equality : a service development approach (2000--SD, PJ) --
Mainstreaming equality, meeting needs (2003--SD/ES) --
Create a people-orientated public library service (2004) --
Creating a new library, creating a new library manager (2005) --
Comments on "new direction in social policy" (2005) --
The challenge for libraries in a multicultural society (2007) --
Politics of information and resistance --
Capitalism and socialism : has the contradiction been resolved? (1992) --
Returning a stare : people's struggles for political and social inclusion (2000) --
The professional is political : redefining the social role of public libraries (2004, SD-ES) --
The role of the Library Association (2007) --
Never be silent : launch, Nairobi (2006) --
Communications for liberation : launch of Never be silent, London (2006) --
Trade union movement in Kenya & their communications system (2006) --
Politics of information & knowledge in Africa (2007) --
Setting the scene (4) : need for active involvement --
Explaining the stand --
Three questions from bis (2001) --
Interview with Shiraz Durrani, 11th May 2004 (Anna Goulding) --
Breaking the culture of silence (2006) --
Three questions from bis (2006) --
Information activism --
Library Association motions on race and class (1996) --
Comprehensive and efficient : standards for modern public libraries, a response (2000) --
Progressive librarians & activists campaign to save CRE Library (2004) --
Study, teaching and learning --
The educational role of public libraries in combating racism and xenophobia (1999) --
Incorporating reflective learning--
in information management (2007) --
Learning by doing : lifelong learning through innovations projects at DASS (2007) --
Changing course content to meet changing needs (2007) --
Ideas into action --
The facts behind the Three Continents Liberation Collection (1993) --
The Black and Minority Ethnic Stock Group in Hackney libraries (1999) --
Young people in control (SD-DB, 2004) --
Quality Leaders Project-Youth : a search for a relevant information service (2005-06) --
Progressive librarianship in Africa : the PALIAct story (2006) --
Quality Leaders Project (Youth) : report 4 to PHF (2006) --
QLP-Y on a journey of a thousand kilometres (2007) --
Filling the youth shaped hole (2007) --
Book reviews --
Sturges, Paul and Neill, Richard (1990) : The quiet struggle. London : Mansell. (1991) --
Foreword to Kinyatti, Maina wa : Mother Kenya (1995) --
Libraries for all : a tool for change? (1999) --
Stop talking, start doing! (2000) --
Black perspective on history of libraries : a review article (2000) --
Review : framework of lost opportunities (2003) --
Organise, do not agonise.
Autres titres : Information & liberation
Writings on the politics of information and librarianship
Responsabilité : Shiraz Durrani.

Résumé :

"A collection of the writings of Shiraz Durrani, British-Kenyan library science professor and political activist"--Provided by publisher.

Information and Liberation is a retrospective collection of Shiraz Durrani's articles and conference papers on the politics of information. The book documents the struggle for progressive and relevant information policies and practices over a period of 25 years in Kenya, Britain, and other countries. The book records also the vision, struggles and achievements of many progressive librarians and activists to develop a system and a society which can meet the information, social and cultural needs of all, particularly those marginalised by forces of capitalism and imperialism.

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