Global Library and Information Science / / ed. by Ismail Abdullahi.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2018 Part 1
• MitwirkendeR: Abdi, Elham Sayyad,; Abdullahi, Ismail,; Albright, Kendra,; Asundi, A.Y.,; Asundi, Ashok Y.,; Blin, Frédéric,; Brey, Carol A.,; Calvert, Philip,; Chiparausha, Blessing,; Chisita, Collence Takaingenhamo,; Dewey, Barbara I.,; Dowling, Michael,; Hallam, Gillian,; Horvat, Aleksandra,; Jones, Chris,; Kajberg, Leif,; Karisiddappa, C.R.,; Kaur, Trishanjit,; Koren, Marian,; Kumbar, Rashmi,; Leyva, Elsa Margarita Ramírez,; Lin, Chihfeng P.,; Marquardt, Luisa,; Martínez-Arellano, Filiberto Felipe,; Minishi-Majanja, Mabel K.,; Munyaradzi, Shoko,; Muradzi, Miranda,; Ocholla, Dennis,; Onyancha, Omwoyo Bosire,; Oğuz, Esin Sultan,; O’Connell, Judy,; Raju, Jaya,; Raju, Reggie,; Ralph, Gillian,; Rengifo, Mary Giraldo,; Rodríguez-Gallardo, Adolfo,; Sibthorpe, Julie,; Tammaro, Anna Maria,; Vargha, Rebecca B.,; Woolls, Blanche,; Yang, Mei-Hwa,
• HerausgeberIn: Abdullahi, Ismail,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Saur, , [2017]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Language: English
• Series: IFLA Publications , 174
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XV, 714 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; About IFLA --; Introduction --; Acknowledgements --; Part 1: Africa --; 1. Introduction --; 2. Public Libraries --; 3. Academic Libraries --; 4. School libraries --; 5. LIS Education --; Part 2: Asia --; 6. Introduction --; 7. Public Libraries --; 8. Academic Libraries --; 9. School Libraries --; 10. Special Libraries --; 11. LIS Education --; Part 3: Australasia --; 12. Introduction --; 13. Public Libraries --; 14. Academic Libraries --; 15. Special Libraries --; 16. School Libraries --; 17. LIS Education --; Part 4: Europe --; 18. Introduction --; 19. Public Libraries --; 20. Academic Libraries --; 21. School Libraries --; 22. LIS Education --; Part 5: Latin America --; 23. Introduction --; 24. Public Libraries --; 25. Academic Libraries --; 26. School Libraries --; 27. LIS Education --; Part 6: North America --; 28. Introduction --; 29. Public Libraries --; 30. Academic Libraries --; 31. Special Libraries --; 32. School Libraries --; 33. LIS Education --; Part 7: Library Associations --; 34. Global Library Associations --; Contributors
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110413120; 9783110762488; 9783110719550; 9783110540550; 9783110625264; 9783110547863
• ISSN: 0344-6891
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110413120
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Ismail Abdullahi.

This 2nd edition of the highly successful Global Library and Information Science presents an up-to-date review of international librarianship and library science through insightful and well written chapters contributed by experts and scholars from all 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, and North America.Edited by Ismail Abdullahi, Professor of Global Library and Information Science, this book is a must-read by library science students and teachers, librarians, and anyone interested in Global Librarianship.