Librarianship

Librarianship is the domain of the professional librarian. It merges the disciplines of Library Science, Information Science, Information Management, and Knowledge Management.

That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America
La Bibliomule de Cordoue
Dear Librarian
Banned Together: Our Fight for Readers' Rights
A Library
The Library Bus
Overdue: Reckoning with the Public Library
The Book at War: Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict
Book Wars: The Digital Revolution in Publishing
Reference and Information Services: An Introduction, 6th Edition (Library and Information Science Text Series)
The Study: The Inner Life of Renaissance Libraries
Knowledge Justice: Disrupting Library and Information Studies through Critical Race Theory
209 Big Programming Ideas for Small Budgets
Information Hunters: When Librarians, Soldiers, and Spies Banded Together in World War II Europe
Librarian Tales: Funny, Strange, and Inspiring Dispatches from the Stacks
This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All
The Library Book
The Organization of Information (Library and Information Science Text Series)
Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism
I Work at a Public Library: A Collection of Crazy Stories from the Stacks
The Librarian's Guide to Homelessness: An Empathy-Driven Approach to Solving Problems, Preventing Conflict, and Serving Everyone
Foundations of Library and Information Science
The One-Shot Library Instruction Survival Guide
What They Don't Teach You in Library School
Library and Information Center Management
Library: An Unquiet History
The Black Belt Librarian: Real-World Safety & Security
Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management
The New Librarianship Field Guide (Mit Press)
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts

R. David Lankes
Every day, librarians enforce copyright policies that we may disagree with and that, in some ways, run contrary to the values of our profession. Every day, librarians must decide between a desire to preserve the privacy of our community members and offering services our communities demand. Every day, librarians must make a choice between doing what’s easy, doing what’s right, and determining what’s right in the first place. No textbook or mission statement or policy document can relieve us of th ...more
R. David Lankes, The New Librarianship Field Guide

Some people give you courage, some give you lessons, a librarian will give you a book that gives lessons and courage to fortitude.
Abid Hussain

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