Global Library and Information Science by Ismail Abdullahi - 9783598220425

De Gruyter

Global Library and Information ScienceA Textbook for Students and Educators. With Contributions from Africa, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Latin America and the Carribean, the Middle East, and North America\nAuthor(s): Ismail Abdullahi\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: De Gruyter, Germany\nImprint: De Gruyter Saur\nISBN-13: 9783598220425, 978-3598220425\nSynopsis\nThis book presents international librarianship and library science through insightful and well written chapters contributed by experts and scholars from six regions of the world. The role of public, academic, special, school libraries, as well as library and information science education are presented from the early development to the present time. Its lively, readable approach will help the reader to understand librarianship in Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, and North America. Edited by Ismail Abdullahi, Professor of Global Library and Information Scie.