Wake Up the Nation: Public Libraries, Policy Making, and Political Discourse

Autor/inn/en	Jaeger, Paul T.; Bertot, John Carlo; Gorham, Ursula
Titel	Wake Up the Nation: Public Libraries, Policy Making, and Political Discourse
Quelle	In: Library Quarterly, 83 (2013) 1, S.61-72 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0024-2519
DOI	10.1086/668582
Schlagwörter	Information Policy; Public Libraries; Information Science; Information Science Education; Library Role; Library Science; Users (Information); Federal Legislation; Children; Child Safety; Internet; Access to Information; Librarians; Copyrights; Intellectual Property; Information Technology; Library Research + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Informationspolitik; Public library; Stadtbücherei; Öffentliche Bibliothek; Informationswissenschaft; Informationstechnologische Bildung; Bibliothekswissenschaft; Benutzerprofil; Nutzer; Bundesrecht; Child; Kind; Kinder; Librarian; Bibliothekar; Bibliothekarin; Geistiges Eigentum; Informationstechnologie
Abstract	Public libraries are heavily affected by political and policy-making processes that shape the funding, activities, and roles of libraries in society, with the explosion of information policy decisions in the past two decades significantly increasing the responsibilities of libraries while also increasing limitations on their activities. Research in library and information science, however, has paid scant attention to these issues over time. If libraries are to be able to effectively advocate for the interests of their institutions, patrons, and communities, researchers need to more strongly engage problems of politics and policy making that impact libraries. With greater amounts of data and analysis in this area, libraries will be better situated to advocate for their needs in political and policy-making processes, as well as better able to articulate their positions to members of the public. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10