Libraries in a World of Cultural Change (Paperback)

Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Key concepts; Part 2 Institutions in crisis; Chapter 3 The end of enlightenment; Chapter 4 The changing role of public institutions; Chapter 5 The modern library network; Chapter 6 Political invisibility; Part 3 The “libraryness” of libraries; Chapter 7 What makes libraries special?; Chapter 8 The era of light and glass; Part 4 Spheres of influence; Chapter 9 Libraries and urban vitality; Chapter 10 The invisible web: the public library and social policy; Chapter 11 Education and life-long learning; Chapter 12 Information and the right to know; Chapter 13 Other worlds: libraries, fiction and popular reading; Part 5 Tomorrow’s world; Chapter 14 Past, present and future; Chapter 15 The modern state and new meanings of the public;