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Re-envisioning libraries in the information society: A critical theory of library technology.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Re-envisioning libraries in the information society: A critical theory of library technology./
Author:	Pyati, Ajit Kumar.
Description:	317 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-07, Section: A, page: .
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International68-07A.
Subject:	Library Science. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3272307
ISBN:	9780549132325

Re-envisioning libraries in the information society: A critical theory of library technology.
Pyati, Ajit Kumar.

Re-envisioning libraries in the information society: A critical theory of library technology. - 317 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-07, Section: A, page: .

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2007.

Libraries have been involved in technological transformation for several decades, and are now increasingly associated with discourses surrounding the development of a global information society. The information society, however, remains a contested terrain, with a major focus on connectivity to ICTs, and is often linked with technological determinist and technocratic agendas. The library profession and field do not adequately theorize technology in a way that offers a progressive alternative to this dominant information society vision.

ISBN: 9780549132325Subjects--Topical Terms:

881164
Library Science.

Re-envisioning libraries in the information society: A critical theory of library technology.
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520 $a Libraries have been involved in technological transformation for several decades, and are now increasingly associated with discourses surrounding the development of a global information society. The information society, however, remains a contested terrain, with a major focus on connectivity to ICTs, and is often linked with technological determinist and technocratic agendas. The library profession and field do not adequately theorize technology in a way that offers a progressive alternative to this dominant information society vision.
520 $a In light of this context, this dissertation argues for the relevance of critical theory as a framework for guiding and analyzing library technology actions. This confluence of critical theory and library technology studies is named a "critical theory of library technology." The framework is both a conceptual tool for re-envisioning the roles of libraries in relation to technology, as well as an analytical tool for exploring library technology decisions at various levels of impact.
520 $a The open source software movement in libraries serves as test case in the application of this framework as a mode of analysis. Prominent library open source projects are discussed, and an in-depth, qualitative case study of Simon Fraser University Library in Canada, a library developing open source software for electronic resource management and electronic journal publishing, is undertaken. Interviews and documentary research are the main sources of data.
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