TY  - BOOK
AU  - Buschman,John
TI  - Dismantling the public sphere: situating and sustaining librarianship in the age of the new public philosophy 
SN  - 031332199X (alk. paper)
AV  - Z716.4 .B87 2003
U1  - 020/.1 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Westport, Conn.
PB  - Libraries Unlimited
KW  - Libraries and society
KW  - Library science
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Public interest
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-212) and index; The framework of critical analysis : the new public philosophy and the public sphere. Introduction : crisis culture and the need for a defense of librarianship in the public sphere ; The new public philosophy and critical educational analysis : the context of public cultural institutions ; The public sphere : rounding out the context of librarianship -- Studies in librarianship and the dismantling of the public sphere. Follow the money : library funding and information capitalism ; Co-opted or rolling over? Follow-the-leader library management and the new public philosophy ; On customer-driven librarianship ; Drifting toward the corporate model : a brief look at ALA ; Notes on postmodern technology, technocracy, and libraries ; Conclusion : toward a sustainable case for librarianship : the public sphere and democratic possibility
ER  -