Sacred stacks - The higher purpose of libraries and librarianship

Nancy Kalikow Maxwell

ALA Editions

2006

172 páginas

5h 44m

ISBN-13: 9780838909171

Librarianship as a calling is a powerful perspective. Although it's been a long time since libraries were the exclusive provenance of monks, some of those sacred roots remain, according to librarian and theologian Maxwell. Many librarians sense the deeper meaning and higher purpose in their work yet rarely have time to contemplate it. Maxwell's down-to-earth candor combined with scholarly insight is designed to inspire and enlighten her library peers and colleagues. Drawing from history, sociology, and philosophy, Sacred Stacks voices the importance of the library profession and libraries as community institutions in a secular time.