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Library User Metaphors and Services

Carl Gustav Johannsen
How do library professionals talk about and refer to library users, and how is this significant? In recent decades, the library profession has conceived of users in at least five different ways, viewing them alternatively as citizens, clients, customers, guests, or partners. This book argues that these user metaphors crucially inform librarians' interactions with the public, and, by extension, determine the quality and content of the services received. The ultimate aim of this book is to provide library professionals with insights and tools for avoiding common pitfalls associated with false or professionally inadequate conceptions of library users.
Autor: Johannsen, Carl Gustav
EAN: 9783110419658
Sprache: Englisch
Seitenzahl: 174
Produktart: Gebunden
Verlag: De Gruyter Saur
Untertitel: How Librarians look at their Users
Schlagworte: Bibliothekar
Größe: 236 × 159 × 12
Gewicht: 382 g