I came across an article titled, 8 Books About the Quiet Power of Libraries and Museums by Marian Womack. In the article, Marian Womack wrote the following:
Anyone who works in a library, in particular an academic library, knows that knowledge is not neutral. The own-the-snowflakes cry of “facts don’t care about your feelings” is not merely rude: it is untrue. A library is not just a repository of knowledge: it is a repository of certain kinds of knowledge, presented in particular ways, and constantly rejigged to be aimed at particular audiences. Over the twenty-odd years since I first started working in libraries I have been regularly surprised by the speed with which academic trends and interests change, and the ways in which a good library is reactive, almost alive, in how it can respond to shifts in the kaleidoscope of opinion or academic fashion.
Click on the above link to read which 8 books are mentioned in the article.
I've only read two on the list but would like to read some of the others. Perhaps I'll get to them in time.
ReplyDeleteThere a couple of books from the list I want to read as well... I have so many books to read in my 'tbr' pile and reading wishlist that who knows if I'll ever read them all.
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