Global Librarianship (Books in Library and Information Science)

Foreword......Page 12
Preface......Page 16
Contents......Page 20
Contributors......Page 22
1.  Historical Perspectives on Global Librarianship......Page 24
2.  International Library Organizations......Page 42
3.  The Role of Libraries in Rural Development......Page 56
4.  Can You Say Swiss Without a Smile? Multicultural Approaches to Library Services in a Multilingual Context......Page 68
5.  Public Libraries in Developed Countries: A Success Story from Scandinavia......Page 90
6.  Library Services in Multinational Corporations......Page 102
7.  Library Collaborations......Page 112
8.  Preparing Library Users for Productive Global Information Use......Page 124
9.  Academic Library Support for the Cyber-University of the Future: The Best of Times, the Worst of Times......Page 142
10.  Global Education Information in the Digital Environment......Page 158
11.  The Digital Divide......Page 174
12.  Intellectual Freedom......Page 186
13.  Globalization in the Lives of the Selectors of Foreign Materials and Their Collections......Page 200
14.  Toward the Global Digital Library: Information and International Development......Page 214
15.  Copyright and Related Issues in a Global Economy......Page 232
16.  International Standards for Global Information......Page 242
Selected Bibliography of Literature on Global Librarianship 1993–2003......Page 280
Index to Selected Bibliography......Page 334
Index......Page 340