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Libraries, community and change in post-Soviet Russia: The case of the Bryansk regional public library system.

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Libraries, community and change in post-Soviet Russia: The case of the Bryansk regional public library system./
作者:	Knutson, Ellen Marlene.
面頁冊數:	272 p.
附註:	Adviser: Carole L. Palmer.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International69-05A.
標題:	Library Science. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3314963
ISBN:	9780549650324

Libraries, community and change in post-Soviet Russia: The case of the Bryansk regional public library system.
Knutson, Ellen Marlene.

Libraries, community and change in post-Soviet Russia: The case of the Bryansk regional public library system. - 272 p.

Adviser: Carole L. Palmer.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008.

This dissertation is a case study of the civic programs of the regional public library system in Bryansk, Russia through the lens of the massive political and economic changes brought about by the fall of communism. The library system came under tremendous strain due to lack of funding, deteriorating buildings, and aging and outdated collections. Nevertheless, librarians in the region have envisioned themselves as social actors and built concrete programs that address the civic and social needs of their communities. As the notion of partiinost (or propagating the ideology of the party) faded, democratization and civil society became the concepts used in the Russian library literature for why libraries are important. Therefore, to bring some focus to the study I limited the discussion to three of the regional library's civic projects: deliberative public forums, legal and government information, and ecological education and information centers in the library. In this case study I used qualitative research methods including observation, interviews, and archival research. I collected data from 2002 to 2007 with the bulk of the data gathered in the Summer and Fall of 2006.

ISBN: 9780549650324Subjects--Topical Terms:

881164
Library Science.

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