Friday, August 22, 2008

More on Neoliberalism

For information on the topic, here's a brief, slightly annotated bibliography:

D'Angelo, Ed. Barbarians at the gates of the public library. Duluth: Library Juice Press. 2006
(Interesting, even philosophical discussion of the influence of modern capitalism on the public sphere and libraries.)

Giroux, Henry A. Terror of neoliberalism. Boulder: Paradigm Publishers. 2004
(Good discussion of post-911 actions of Bush administration. Radical approach, with adulatory chapter on Edward Said.)

Harvey, David. A brief history of neoliberalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2005

Kranich, Nancy C. Libraries & democracy : the cornerstones of liberty. Chicago : American Library Association. 2001
(In particular, see section on Civil librarianship, p-67+ (“Civic librarianship honors the historic mission of education for a democratic society.”)

Lee, Earl. Libraries in the age of mediocrity. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company. 1998.
(Not specifically about neoliberalism, but describes the effects of neoliberalism on libraries, e.g.: centralized collection development, user fees, replacing librarians with cheaper paraprofessionals.)

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