Public libraries and Marxism / Joe Pateman and John Pateman.

• Introduction -- The Marxist Interpretaton of the Public Library -- V.I. Lenin and Soviet Socialist Public Library System -- Kim Il-Sung and Socialist Public Libraries in North Korea -- The Vanguard Library -- Conclusion.

• "Public Libraries and Marxism provides a Marxist analytical framework for understanding public libraries and presents a set of proposals for transforming the capitalist libraries of today. Evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of this Marxist framework, the authors also provide a critical examination of the history, theory and practice of libraries in the Soviet Union and North Korea. Considering what a Marxist library service would look like in the western capitalist countries of today, Pateman and Pateman synthesise the insights provided throughout the book into a set of Marxist proposals that are designed to promote the transformation of contemporary western public librarianship. These proposals suggest how western public libraries can change their organisation and practices - their strategies, structures, systems and culture - in order to best serve those with the most needs, particularly as society evolves in response to new challenges. Public Libraries and Marxism will be relevant for scholars and students of library and information science, history, politics and sociology. Outlining the rudiments of a Marxist library service that should be applicable around the world, the book will also appeal to library practitioners who want to develop libraries in a community-led and needs-based direction"-- 

Ämnesord

Folkbibliotek  (sao)

Marxistisk sociologi  (sao)

Bibliotek och samhälle  (sao)

Libraries and communism.  (LCSH)

Libraries and society.  (LCSH)

Critical theory.  (LCSH)

Public libraries  -- Administration. (LCSH)

Libraries  -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century. (LCSH)

Libraries  -- Korea (North) -- History -- 20th century. (LCSH)

Libraries and society.  (fast)

Libraries and communism.  (fast)

Libraries.  (fast)

Critical theory.  (fast)

Library planning.  (fast)

Marxian school of sociology.  (fast)

Public libraries  -- Administration. (fast)

Bibliotek  -- politiska aspekter (sao)

Libraries and society  (LCSH)

Marxian school of sociology  (LCSH)

Public libraries  (LCSH)

Korea (North)  (fast)

Soviet Union.  (fast)

Great Britain.  (fast)

1900-1999  (fast)

Genre

History.  (fast)

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

Ab.05 Bibliotek: folkbibliotek

Klassifikation

Z678 (LCC)

025.1974 (DDC)

Ab.05 (kssb/8)