TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pateman,Joe
AU  - Pateman,John
TI  - Public libraries and Marxism
SN  - 9781003165545
AV  - Z678 .P295 2021
U1  - 025.1/974 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Public libraries
KW  - Administration
KW  - Libraries and communism
KW  - Libraries
KW  - Soviet Union
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Korea (North)
KW  - Libraries and society
KW  - Critical theory
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Communism & Socialism
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General
N1  - "Routledge Focus" -- Cover; 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
N2  - "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"--
UR  - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003165545
UR  - http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf
ER  -